cleanup and put comments on the deadlock workaround in miniloop

[scpubgit/Object-Remote.git] / lib / Object / Remote / MiniLoop.pm

diff --git a/lib/Object/Remote/MiniLoop.pm b/lib/Object/Remote/MiniLoop.pm
index 8465c96..ee1f544 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Object/Remote/MiniLoop.pm
+++ b/lib/Object/Remote/MiniLoop.pm
@@ -141,13 +141,14 @@ sub loop_once {
   my ($self) = @_;
   my $read = $self->_read_watches;
   my $write = $self->_write_watches;
-  our $Loop_Entered = 1; 
   my $read_count = 0;
   my $write_count = 0; 
   my @c = caller;
   my $wait_time = $self->_next_timer_expires_delay;
-  log_trace {  sprintf("Run loop: loop_once() has been invoked by $c[1]:$c[2] with read:%i write:%i select timeout:%s",
-      scalar(keys(%$read)), scalar(keys(%$write)), defined $wait_time ? $wait_time : 'indefinite' ) };
+  log_trace {
+    sprintf("Run loop: loop_once() has been invoked by $c[1]:$c[2] with read:%i write:%i select timeout:%s",
+      scalar(keys(%$read)), scalar(keys(%$write)), defined $wait_time ? $wait_time : 'indefinite' )
+  };
   my ($readable, $writeable) = IO::Select->select(
     $self->_read_select, $self->_write_select, undef, $wait_time
   ); 
@@ -160,21 +161,23 @@ sub loop_once {
   # differentiate between an error and a timeout.
   #   -- no, love, mst.
 
-  local $Loop_Entered;
-
   log_trace { "Reading from all ready filehandles" };
   foreach my $fh (@$readable) {
     next unless $read->{$fh};
     $read_count++;
     $read->{$fh}();
-    last if $Loop_Entered;
+    #FIXME this is a rough workaround for race conditions that can cause deadlocks
+    #under load
+    last;
   }
   log_trace { "Writing to all ready filehandles" };
   foreach my $fh (@$writeable) {
     next unless $write->{$fh};
     $write_count++;
     $write->{$fh}();
-    last if $Loop_Entered;
+    #FIXME this is a rough workaround for race conditions that can cause deadlocks
+    #under load
+    last;
   }
   
   log_trace { "Read from $read_count filehandles; wrote to $write_count filehandles" };
@@ -187,18 +190,16 @@ sub loop_once {
      
     if (defined($active->[2])) {
       #handle the case of an 'every' timer
-      $active->[0] = time() + $active->[2]; 
+      $active->[0] = time() + $active->[2];
       Dlog_trace { "scheduling timer for repeat execution at $_"} $active->[0];
       $self->_sort_timers;
     } else {
       #it doesn't repeat again so get rid of it  
-      shift(@$timers);    
+      shift(@$timers);
     }
 
     #execute the timer
     $active->[1]->();
-     
-    last if $Loop_Entered;
   }
   
   log_trace { "Run loop: single loop is completed" };
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ sub loop_once {
 
 sub want_run {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  Dlog_debug { "Run loop: Incrimenting want_running, is now $_" }
+  Dlog_debug { "Run loop: Incremeting want_running, is now $_" }
     ++$self->{want_running};
 }