From 518ae2c608faac4a9deae15e50c307d72d629ac4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam <sam.saffron@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:58:27 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] added a minimal number of free slots that should always exist

---
 lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb b/lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb
index b0f7bc75910..60c557afe74 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb
+++ b/lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ module Middleware::UnicornOobgc
 
   MIN_REQUESTS_PER_OOBGC = 3
 
+  # TUNE ME, for Discourse this number is good
+  MIN_FREE_SLOTS = 80_000
+
   def verbose(msg=nil)
     @verbose ||= ENV["OOBGC_VERBOSE"] == "1" ? :true : :false
     if @verbose == :true
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ module Middleware::UnicornOobgc
         @max_delta = [new_delta, delta].max
       end
 
+      if @max_delta < MIN_FREE_SLOTS
+        @max_delta = MIN_FREE_SLOTS
+      end
+
       if @num_requests > MIN_REQUESTS_PER_OOBGC && @max_delta * 2 + new_live_num > @expect_gc_at
         t = Time.now
         GC.start