Re: deadlock (fatal)

Hi,

SteveC wrote:
> I keep getting this
> 
> [Thu Jan 18 15:29:08 2007] [error] mod_ruby:
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/apache/ruby-run.rb:53:in `value': Thread(0xb7009748):
> deadlock (fatal)
> [Thu Jan 18 15:29:08 2007] [error] mod_ruby: error in ruby
> 
> 
> in my logs. I have just one ruby script which reads some params and
> spits something from a database. It succeeds about half the time, the
> other half I get the error above.

Could you show me your script?
Are you using threads in your script?

SteveC wrote:
> Could it be anything to do with it being a multiprocessor box?

The thread support of Ruby 1.8 is user-level, so there is no problem
with multiprocessor.
But if you are using threaded MPM, mod_ruby may not work correctly.

Shugo