syslog threading model (maybe somewhat OT)

Hi list,

this posting may be somewhat off-topic (some may think totally
off-topic). I leave it to the wise list admin to decide if it still is
covered by the list charter...

I am the main author of rsyslog, an alternate GPLed syslogd. I have more
or less completed the next major release and I am now thinking about the
one after it. Obviously, there are a number of design decisions and one
of the currently hot topics is the threading model. I have elaborated
about what I have in mind here in my blog:

http://rgerhards.blogspot.com/2007/08/syslog-worker-pools-future-hardwar
e-and.html

I know there are a lot of implementers of several syslog-related
softwares (including syslogds) on this list. I would appreciate if you
could have a look and drop me a comment or two. I think, however, that
the overall topic could also be of interest for sysadmins, as such a
discussion probably helps to better understand what's going on under the
hood and what to watch out for. We had a similar situation quite a while
ago where we talked about the SELP protocol (more or less syslog over
tcp) on this list, and I think it was beneficial to the majority of
readers. This is also the main reason why I try to post these off-topics
things ;)

Thanks,
Rainer