ptserver: increase the max lwp threads

Increase the maximum LWP threads allowed from 16 to 64. Increasing the number
of LWP threads can reduce the number of calls waiting for threads.

Change-Id: I66f53c0fbb2db66c94b9982e3ee6b3b1f89a0f01
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/9707
Reviewed-by: Derrick Brashear <shadow@your-file-system.com>
Tested-by: Derrick Brashear <shadow@your-file-system.com>

diff --git a/doc/man-pages/pod8/ptserver.pod b/doc/man-pages/pod8/ptserver.pod
index 160a330..b9a2ac3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man-pages/pod8/ptserver.pod
+++ b/doc/man-pages/pod8/ptserver.pod
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ F</usr/afs/db/prdb>.
 =item B<-p> <I<number of threads>>
 
 Sets the number of server lightweight processes (LWPs or pthreads) to run.
-Provide a positive integer from the range C<3> to C<16>. The default
+Provide a positive integer from the range C<3> to C<64>. The default
 value is C<3>.
 
 =item B<-groupdepth> <I<# of nested groups>>, B<-depth> <I<# of nested groups>>

diff --git a/src/ptserver/ptserver.c b/src/ptserver/ptserver.c
index b73e0c5..3459dfb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ptserver/ptserver.c
+++ b/src/ptserver/ptserver.c
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     cmd_OptionAsString(opts, OPT_logfile, &logFile);
 
     if (cmd_OptionAsInt(opts, OPT_threads, &lwps) == 0) {
-       if (lwps > 16) {        /* maximum of 16 */
+       if (lwps > 64) {        /* maximum of 64 */
            printf("Warning: '-p %d' is too big; using %d instead\n",
-                  lwps, 16);
-           lwps = 16;
+                  lwps, 64);
+           lwps = 64;
        } else if (lwps < 3) {  /* minimum of 3 */
            printf("Warning: '-p %d' is too small; using %d instead\n",
                   lwps, 3);