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[Solved] module development with blocking I/O
Added by kf almost 13 years ago
Hi,
I was inspired by http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/AbsoLUAtion and hoped to use mod_magnet to run a LUA script that connects to a database, but after reading the warning on the mod_magnet doc site http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs:ModMagnet i gave up this idear.
It seems the "correct" solution is to use mod_fastcgi to connect to PHP and have this external process run the blocking database access. Sadly PHP is not an option for me.
I am considering writing my own plugin and doing the database I/O in the C code. But before starting, I wanted to check in with you: is the blocking call issue specific to mod_magnet or will all modules cause new incomming requests to hang if the mod is slow?
/chears
Replies (2)
RE: module development with blocking I/O - Added by nitrox almost 13 years ago
They all block, use fastcgi with the language of your liking.
RE: module development with blocking I/O - Added by stbuehler almost 13 years ago
It is - theoretically - possible to write your own async modules, but you'd probably have to write your own database connection code.
As you had to ask I agree with nitrox: use fastcgi (writing async stuff requires a deeper understanding, and writing async lighttpd modules is hard).