[Moin-user] common initialization for forking server

[John Marshall]

John Marshall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been taking a look at the moinmoin 1.9 and werkzeug
> code, specifically having to do with a forking server. It seems
> that the forking server runs the application _from the start_
> for each fork. If I am understanding things correctly, this
> means that a lot of work is done after the fork, much of which
> is common to all processes. And, from some timing I've done,
> it is not insignificant.
>
> Not knowing all the initialization details of MM, I wonder if it
> is possible to have MM perform the initialization common to all
> processes (prior to any forking) and then pass a suitable entry
> point to the forking code (i.e., run_simple)?
>   
Just to follow up, one of the things I see happening for
each request is that the wikiconfig.py (and in turn the
multiconfig.DefaultConfig) is read and executed. Could
this not be done once?

Thanks,
John