Thread safety issue in Apache 2 Threaded MPM
howard chen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.python.mod_python |
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Hello, I am a newbie to mod_python...as I am from PHP... Here are the story... In PHP's world, they recommend to use Apache 1.x or 2.x in prefork mode, to avoid the potential thread safety problem...their reasons are... ------------------------ PHP is glue. It is the glue used to build cool web applications by sticking dozens of 3rd-party libraries together and making it all appear as one coherent entity through an intuitive and easy to learn language interface. The flexibility and power of PHP relies on the stability and robustness of the underlying platform. It needs a working OS, a working web server and working 3rd-party libraries to glue together. When any of these stop working PHP needs ways to identify the problems and fix them quickly. When you make the underlying framework more complex by not having completely separate execution threads, completely separate memory segments and a strong sandbox for each request to play in, feet of clay are introduced into PHP's system.... ------------------------ So it is the same with mod_python? So should I recommended to use Apache 1.x to avoid the potential thread safety issue? (Yes I know it is very rare, maybe even 0.0000001%, but just want to confirm) Thanks.