For accurate app descriptor release, it is required to count the number of
use counts. Use count increased when:
- app linked to configuration app queue;
- socket conf stores pointer to app;
- request for start app process posted to router service thread;
Application port has pointer to app, but it does not increase use count
to avoid use count loop.
Timer needs a pointer to nxt_timer_t which is stored in engine timers tree.
nxt_timer_t now resides in nxt_app_joint_t and does not lock the application.
Start process port RPC handlers is also linked to nxt_app_joint_t.
App joint (nxt_app_joint_t) is a 'weak pointer':
- single threaded;
- use countable;
- store pointer to nxt_app_t (which can be NULL);
nxt_app_t has pointer to nxt_app_joint_t and update its pointer to app.
- Pre-fork 'processes.spare' application processes;
- fork more processes to keep 'processes.spare' idle processes;
- fork on-demand up to 'processes.max' count;
- scale down idle application processes above 'processes.spare' after
'processes.idle_timeout';
- number of concurrently started application processes also limited by
'processes.spare' (or 1, if spare is 0).
