Re: Alpha4 release blockers (was Re: wrapping up this CommitFest)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Alpha4 release blockers (was Re: wrapping up this CommitFest)
Date: 2011-03-02 13:25:08
Message-ID: AANLkTi=kAfmgr+iiB_5droaJ5qWYFtgEfPMCuptGO-GM@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org> wrote:
>> That seems to have fixed it, so I have applied the patch. Would you like
>> to supply some comments to got with it?
>
> The comment would be something like
>
> /* XXX it appears that in some circumstantes the reference count of the
> spiexceptions module drops to zero causing a Python assert failure when
> the garbage collector visits the module. This has been observed on the
> buildfarm. To fix this, add an additional ref for the module here. */
>
> I have no idea why the refcount of the module becomes zero, debug prints
> I added on my system were always showing 1.

But does bumping the ref count then create a leak the rest of the time?

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Robert Haas
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