Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Chris Withers
Izak Burger wrote: Before I dive into the code and attempt to find the problem, I thought I'd post first, partly to report the problem, but at the same time to find out if anyone has seen this and if perhaps a fix is already available. Never experienced this myself, what storage(s) are you

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Chris Withers
Jim Fulton wrote: I haven't seen this and, looking at the code on the trunk, I see no reason why many savepoint temporary storages or ZEO transaction buffers would be kept open. Savepoint temporary storages are closed after use I wonder if Izak inadvertently has lots of savepoints

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Benji York
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Izak Burgeri...@upfrontsystems.co.za wrote: Hi all, This is a zope issue that I think is probably zodb related. I've been seeing this behaviour for a couple of years now. When I inspect /proc/PID/fd (on a linux machine, this lists the open file descriptors

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Izak Burger
Benji York wrote: Have you looked at the contents of the files? Once you have an idea of what is being written you might be able to determine what is doing the writing. The big 6.3GB one contains pickles. Lots and lots of pickles. I suspect we're simply dealing with a process that creates a

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Izak Burger
Izak Burger wrote: I suspect we're simply dealing with a process that creates a LOT of savepoints before finally committing. The developer of the application is out at the moment, when he gets back from his lunch-break/touch-rugby game I shall ask him about this. The developer confirmed

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Alan Runyan
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Izak Burgeri...@upfrontsystems.co.za wrote: Benji York wrote: Have you looked at the contents of the files?  Once you have an idea of what is being written you might be able to determine what is doing the writing. The big 6.3GB one contains pickles. Lots and

Re: [ZODB-Dev] Temporary files not closed

2009-06-25 Thread Jim Fulton
On Jun 25, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Chris Withers wrote: Jim Fulton wrote: I haven't seen this and, looking at the code on the trunk, I see no reason why many savepoint temporary storages or ZEO transaction buffers would be kept open. Savepoint temporary storages are closed after use I