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RE: svn commit: rev 2017 - trunk/subversion/libsvn_subr

From: Sander Striker <striker_at_apache.org>
Date: 2002-05-27 03:51:25 CEST

> From: Philip Martin [mailto:pm@localhost]On Behalf Of Philip Martin
> Sent: 27 May 2002 03:13

> striker@tigris.org writes:
>
> > Author: striker
> > Date: 2002-05-26 09:27 GMT
> > New Revision: 2017
> >
> > Modified:
> > trunk/subversion/libsvn_subr/svn_error.c
> > Log:
> > * subversion/libsvn_subr/svn_error.c
> >
> > (svn_pool_create): Use the new functionality in APR to set
> > a maximum on the total amount of memory kept in the freelist.
> > I've choosen to set it to 4MB without any justification, so
> > it might very well be that this number needs to be tweaked.
> >
> > For a bit of background on this change, see:
> >
> > http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=73898&listName=dev
>
> Since this change the Subversion regression tests are failing when
> compiled with APR_POOL_DEBUG=1. They hang in svn_pool_clear() when it
> recreates the Subversion error pool. Essentially the Subversion code
> does this
>
> apr_pool_clear_debug (some_pool, file_line);
> apr_pool_create_ex(error_pool, some_pool, abort_on_pool_failure, NULL);
>
> The problem is that when some_pool was originally created by
> apr_pool_create_ex() a mutex was created which was allocated within
> some_pool itself. When apr_pool_clear_debug is called it free's all
> the allocated memory including the memory used for mutex. Thus any
> further attempt to use some_pool, such as for the parent of the new
> error_pool, may fail when attempting the lock some_pool's mutex. The
> Subversion regression tests hang attempting to lock this mutex.

Correct. I'll look into a fix somewhere tonight.

Sander

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