Don't send update_lru messages when disabled

The couchdb.update_lru_on_read setting controls whether couch_server
uses read requests as LRU update triggers. Unfortunately, the messages
for update_lru on reads are sent regardless of whether this is enabled
or disabled. While in principle this is harmless, and overloaded
couch_server pid can accumulate a considerable volume of these messages,
even when disabled. This patch prevents the caller from sending an
update_lru message when the setting is disabled.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/couch/src/couch_server.erl b/src/couch/src/couch_server.erl
index ef895a414..c4b7bf199 100644
--- a/src/couch/src/couch_server.erl
+++ b/src/couch/src/couch_server.erl
@@ -101,9 +101,14 @@ open(DbName, Options0) ->
     end.
 
 update_lru(DbName, Options) ->
-    case lists:member(sys_db, Options) of
-        false -> gen_server:cast(couch_server, {update_lru, DbName});
-        true -> ok
+    case config:get_boolean("couchdb", "update_lru_on_read", false) of
+        true ->
+            case lists:member(sys_db, Options) of
+                false -> gen_server:cast(couch_server, {update_lru, DbName});
+                true -> ok
+            end;
+        false ->
+            ok
     end.
 
 close_lru() ->