[web-devel] Hoogle Advice

[Bardur Arantsson]

On 2011-01-25 21:53, Jeremy Shaw wrote:
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> On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Bardur Arantsson wrote:
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>> On 2011-01-25 18:35, Jeremy Shaw wrote:
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> SendFile should not leak file handles. I have run millions of sendfile
> requests through happstack (in darcs) with no signs of FD/thread leakage.
>

You're using a well-behaved TCP/HTTP client. The PS/3 isn't that 
well-behaved -- it cuts connections IMMEDIATELY (no TCP shutdown or 
anything of that nature) once it's decided that it doesn't need the 
connection any more. Under those circumstances I believe that the 
sendfile library still leaks threads for an essentially arbitrary amount 
of time.

If you recall, there was a huge thread on -cafe on this back in Feb. of 
2010. This was 100% reproducible with a PS3 client, and I haven't seen 
any evidence that the thread leak has been addressed.

Anyway, didn't want to hijack this thread. I'll go back to lurking now :).

Cheers,