Re: session not stopping

What version of POE are you running?  I gather from your other email 
that you are running on Win32.

Having the app work for a minute or so and then hang sounds suspiciously 
like
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49379

-Andrew

Andreas Altergott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my session is behaving strange here.  If it was running for a short
> amount of time (a few minutes), then it terminates perfectly.  After
> running for about 5 minutes though, it won't terminate after sending a
> SIGINT to it.
>
> The sigint handler removes all alarms (delays) that have been set.
> Posts and yields should not be cleared.  They should be processed and
> then the session should terminate.  I did not set any extra references,
> aliases or open files.
>
> The application consists of two main loops that get executed by a delay
> timer.  It also uses POE::Compononent::Win32::ChangeNotify, if this is
> relevant.  It gets shut down though, when the sigint arrives.
>
> The strange thing is that if this /delay-loop/ gets executed probably a
> few hundred times, then the session terminates after a sigint.  If it
> was running much longer, then it does not terminate.
>
> I was reading this FAQ
> <http://poe.perl.org/?POE_FAQ/Why_do_my_sessions_not_stop_on_their_own>
> and added a trace refcount.  This is the output after a sigint, if it is
> not terminating.
>
> <rc> ... at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Kernel.pm line 622
> <rc> ,----- Kernel Activity -----
> <rc> | Events : 1
> <rc> | Files  : 0
> <rc> | Extra  : 1
> <rc> | Procs  : 1
> <rc> `---------------------------
> <rc> ... at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Kernel.pm line 622
> <rc> decrementing refcount for session thinkpad-4ac26c410000066c
> (POE::Kernel=AR
> RAY(0x1b67364)) at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Resource/Sessions.pm line 331
> <rc> decrementing refcount for session thinkpad-4ac26c410000066c
> (POE::Kernel=AR
> RAY(0x1b67364)) at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Resource/Sessions.pm line 331
> <rc> incrementing refcount for session thinkpad-4ac26c410000066c
> (POE::Kernel=AR
> RAY(0x1b67364)) at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Resource/Sessions.pm line 358
> <rc> incrementing refcount for session thinkpad-4ac26c410000066c
> (POE::Kernel=AR
> RAY(0x1b67364)) at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Resource/Sessions.pm line 358
> <rc> ,----- Kernel Activity -----
> <rc> | Events : 1
> <rc> | Files  : 0
> <rc> | Extra  : 1
> <rc> | Procs  : 1
> <rc> `---------------------------
> <rc> ... at C:/Perl/site/lib/POE/Kernel.pm line 622
>
> How can I find out what actually keeps the session alive?
>
> I see that there's one event, one extra and one process.  Is there a
> more detailed list anywhere?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
>