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| author | Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net> | 2021-09-24 12:35:44 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-09-24 10:35:44 -0700 |
| commit | 5183a2e58523c95768071c70e15b8d5fb1a29818 (patch) | |
| tree | 29a1326a3427ac7543bce5f3e013dd6da6d68ea1 | |
| parent | 65b5472ad1470bc52d7f75c806aa58ccd37baa06 (diff) | |
| download | ansible-5183a2e58523c95768071c70e15b8d5fb1a29818.tar.gz | |
Add note about `loop_control.extended` memory impact (#75759)
* Add note about `loop_control.extended` memory impact
* moar correct
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_loops.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_loops.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_loops.rst index 1c0f2a18f0..175b9cd3d4 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_loops.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_loops.rst @@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ Variable Description loop_control: extended: yes +.. note:: When using ``loop_control.extended`` more memory will be utilized on the control node. This is a result of ``ansible_loop.allitems`` containing a reference to the full loop data for every loop. When serializing the results for display in callback plugins within the main ansible process, these references may be dereferenced causing memory usage to increase. + Accessing the name of your loop_var ----------------------------------- .. versionadded:: 2.8 |