Flush count overflow issue mitigation #212
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electrumx/server/env.py
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| self.cache_MB = self.integer('CACHE_MB', 1200) | ||
| self.reorg_limit = self.integer('REORG_LIMIT', self.coin.REORG_LIMIT) | ||
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| self.history_flush_count_max = self.integer('HISTORY_FLUSH_COUNT_MAX', 60000) # deactivated if > 65535 |
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What is the point of this env var? Why would one set it to lower than 65535?
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Assume you want to do an urgent transaction via your private electrumx server but notice it's down. Instead of waiting for hours you can just increase that value and proceed. Of course you will have to compact eventually. I thought that would be a nice option and it is not too much effort. I hope I got the way of passing the environment info right along the rest, so far I have only seen this using shared config modules.
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I moved the exception to the end of the flush function so that the current work will still be flushed. Will update the PR after testing. |
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Cleaned up a bit. Finally the last flush should work, too. I am thinking about adding a sys.exit(8) code so that it is easier to deal with the error from shell. Or maybe writing the flush count to a file. @SomberNight let me know if that sounds interesting at all. |
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Hopefully this can save users some effort. Needs more testing.