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Brent Collier

2008-Sep-08 16:26 UTC

[Backgroundrb-devel] Problems with async worker request

Sorry if this comes through twice.  I already sent this once, before joining
the mailing list.

I''m attempting to use Backgroundrb to handle asynchronous pdf creation,
but
in doing so, I''ve run into a very strange problem.  Below is a method
that''s
called from the controller which creates a new worker, then grabs the worker
and calls the ''build_pdf'' method asynchronously.

  def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
    with_empty_asset_id do
      html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path, :layout
=>
''pdf'')
      key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker, :worker_key
=> worker_key)
      MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key).async_build_pdf(:arg =>
html_string)
    end
  end

Then there''s another method which polls the worker like so.

  def ask_worker_status(worker_key)
    MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, worker_key).ask_result(:pdf)
  end

It didn''t seem to be working properly, so I started doing a little
debugging.  Suddenly, it worked!  So I removed my debugger statements and
tried again.  It stopped working.  I kept going back and forth like this,
trying differnet scenarios, poking at the workers, and checking their
results.  Finally, I narrowed it down to one debugger statement in the
make_pdf method.

  def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
    with_empty_asset_id do
      html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path, :layout
=>
''pdf'')
      key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker, :worker_key
=> worker_key)
      worker = MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key)>>    debugger      worker.async_build_pdf(:arg => html_string)
    end
  end

When that debugger statement is in the code, everything works perfectly.
When it hits the debugger during the request, it doesn''t matter whether
I
poke around at a few objects, or just continue immediately.  I even tried
replacing the ''debugger'' with a ''sleep(1)''
and everything worked perfectly.
When I removed the sleep call, no worky.

If I look at the backgroundrb_debug_11006 log, I see "Client
disconnected"
each time the app polls the worker, and occasionally, I see this:

Packet::InvalidWorker
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_connection.rb:52:in
`ask_worker''
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:123:in
`get_result_object''
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:39:in
`receive_data''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:44:in
`extract''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
`loop''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
`extract''
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:32:in
`receive_data''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:228:in
`read_external_socket''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:220:in
`handle_external_messages''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:194:in
`handle_read_event''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
`each''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
`handle_read_event''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:144:in
`start_reactor''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
`loop''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
`start_reactor''
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_master.rb:21:in
`run''
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_proxy.rb:14:in
`initialize''
script/backgroundrb:46:in `new''
script/backgroundrb:46

This doesn''t make much sense, and I''m at a loss.  Does anybody
have any clue
what might be going on here?

FYI - I''m on the latest (as of this morning) git version of
backgroundrb.

thanks,
-Brent

-- 
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hemant

2008-Sep-08 17:46 UTC

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[Backgroundrb-devel] Problems with async worker request

This is one known bug/issue which shows up only on Mac OSX. I haven''t
had time to chase this thing (mostly because I don''t have a Mac
machine for testing), but behaviour is, for a newly spawned worker, it
takes sometime before worker becomes usable.

I am very sorry about this and will try to fix on next possible
chance(time), btw this whole thing works flawlessly on Linux.


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Brent Collier <brentmc79 at gmail.com>
wrote:> Sorry if this comes through twice.  I already sent this once, before
joining
> the mailing list.
>
> I''m attempting to use Backgroundrb to handle asynchronous pdf
creation, but
> in doing so, I''ve run into a very strange problem.  Below is a
method that''s
> called from the controller which creates a new worker, then grabs the
worker
> and calls the ''build_pdf'' method asynchronously.
>
>   def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
>     with_empty_asset_id do
>       html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path, :layout
=>
> ''pdf'')
>       key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker,
:worker_key
> => worker_key)
>       MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key).async_build_pdf(:arg =>
> html_string)
>     end
>   end
>
> Then there''s another method which polls the worker like so.
>
>   def ask_worker_status(worker_key)
>     MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, worker_key).ask_result(:pdf)
>   end
>
> It didn''t seem to be working properly, so I started doing a little
> debugging.  Suddenly, it worked!  So I removed my debugger statements and
> tried again.  It stopped working.  I kept going back and forth like this,
> trying differnet scenarios, poking at the workers, and checking their
> results.  Finally, I narrowed it down to one debugger statement in the
> make_pdf method.
>
>   def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
>     with_empty_asset_id do
>       html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path, :layout
=>
> ''pdf'')
>       key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker,
:worker_key
> => worker_key)
>       worker = MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key)
>>>    debugger
>       worker.async_build_pdf(:arg => html_string)
>     end
>   end
>
> When that debugger statement is in the code, everything works perfectly.
> When it hits the debugger during the request, it doesn''t matter
whether I
> poke around at a few objects, or just continue immediately.  I even tried
> replacing the ''debugger'' with a
''sleep(1)'' and everything worked perfectly.
> When I removed the sleep call, no worky.
>
> If I look at the backgroundrb_debug_11006 log, I see "Client
disconnected"
> each time the app polls the worker, and occasionally, I see this:
>
> Packet::InvalidWorker
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_connection.rb:52:in
> `ask_worker''
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:123:in
> `get_result_object''
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:39:in
> `receive_data''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:44:in
> `extract''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
> `loop''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
> `extract''
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:32:in
> `receive_data''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:228:in
> `read_external_socket''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:220:in
> `handle_external_messages''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:194:in
> `handle_read_event''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
> `each''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
> `handle_read_event''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:144:in
> `start_reactor''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
> `loop''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
> `start_reactor''
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_master.rb:21:in
> `run''
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_proxy.rb:14:in
> `initialize''
> script/backgroundrb:46:in `new''
> script/backgroundrb:46
>
> This doesn''t make much sense, and I''m at a loss.  Does
anybody have any clue
> what might be going on here?
>
> FYI - I''m on the latest (as of this morning) git version of
backgroundrb.
>
> thanks,
> -Brent
>
> --
> Brent Collier |  www.acts-as-blogr.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Backgroundrb-devel mailing list
> Backgroundrb-devel at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/backgroundrb-devel
>


-- 
Let them talk of their oriental summer climes of everlasting
conservatories; give me the privilege of making my own summer with my
own coals.

http://gnufied.org

Brent Collier

2008-Sep-08 18:02 UTC

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[Backgroundrb-devel] Problems with async worker request

Yep, I''m on OSX.  Well, I guess that solves it.  Thanks for the quick
response guys!

-Brent

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:46 PM, hemant <gethemant at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is one known bug/issue which shows up only on Mac OSX. I
haven''t
> had time to chase this thing (mostly because I don''t have a Mac
> machine for testing), but behaviour is, for a newly spawned worker, it
> takes sometime before worker becomes usable.
>
> I am very sorry about this and will try to fix on next possible
> chance(time), btw this whole thing works flawlessly on Linux.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Brent Collier <brentmc79 at
gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry if this comes through twice.  I already sent this once, before
> joining
> > the mailing list.
> >
> > I''m attempting to use Backgroundrb to handle asynchronous pdf
creation,
> but
> > in doing so, I''ve run into a very strange problem.  Below is
a method
> that''s
> > called from the controller which creates a new worker, then grabs the
> worker
> > and calls the ''build_pdf'' method asynchronously.
> >
> >   def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
> >     with_empty_asset_id do
> >       html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path,
:layout
> =>
> > ''pdf'')
> >       key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker,
> :worker_key
> > => worker_key)
> >       MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key).async_build_pdf(:arg
=>
> > html_string)
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> > Then there''s another method which polls the worker like so.
> >
> >   def ask_worker_status(worker_key)
> >     MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, worker_key).ask_result(:pdf)
> >   end
> >
> > It didn''t seem to be working properly, so I started doing a
little
> > debugging.  Suddenly, it worked!  So I removed my debugger statements
and
> > tried again.  It stopped working.  I kept going back and forth like
this,
> > trying differnet scenarios, poking at the workers, and checking their
> > results.  Finally, I narrowed it down to one debugger statement in the
> > make_pdf method.
> >
> >   def make_pdf(template_path, worker_key)
> >     with_empty_asset_id do
> >       html_string = render_to_string(:template => template_path,
:layout
> =>
> > ''pdf'')
> >       key = MiddleMan.new_worker(:worker => :prince_xml_worker,
> :worker_key
> > => worker_key)
> >       worker = MiddleMan.worker(:prince_xml_worker, key)
> >>>    debugger
> >       worker.async_build_pdf(:arg => html_string)
> >     end
> >   end
> >
> > When that debugger statement is in the code, everything works
perfectly.
> > When it hits the debugger during the request, it doesn''t
matter whether I
> > poke around at a few objects, or just continue immediately.  I even
tried
> > replacing the ''debugger'' with a
''sleep(1)'' and everything worked
> perfectly.
> > When I removed the sleep call, no worky.
> >
> > If I look at the backgroundrb_debug_11006 log, I see "Client
> disconnected"
> > each time the app polls the worker, and occasionally, I see this:
> >
> > Packet::InvalidWorker
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_connection.rb:52:in
> > `ask_worker''
> >
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:123:in
> > `get_result_object''
> >
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:39:in
> > `receive_data''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:44:in
> > `extract''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
> > `loop''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_parser.rb:26:in
> > `extract''
> >
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_worker.rb:32:in
> > `receive_data''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:228:in
> > `read_external_socket''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:220:in
> > `handle_external_messages''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:194:in
> > `handle_read_event''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
> > `each''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:190:in
> > `handle_read_event''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:144:in
> > `start_reactor''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
> > `loop''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_core.rb:137:in
> > `start_reactor''
> >
>
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/packet-0.1.10/lib/packet/packet_master.rb:21:in
> > `run''
> >
>
/Users/brent/near-time/near-time.net-exp-rescue-princexml-5504/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/server/lib/master_proxy.rb:14:in
> > `initialize''
> > script/backgroundrb:46:in `new''
> > script/backgroundrb:46
> >
> > This doesn''t make much sense, and I''m at a loss. 
Does anybody have any
> clue
> > what might be going on here?
> >
> > FYI - I''m on the latest (as of this morning) git version of
backgroundrb.
> >
> > thanks,
> > -Brent
> >
> > --
> > Brent Collier |  www.acts-as-blogr.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Backgroundrb-devel mailing list
> > Backgroundrb-devel at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/backgroundrb-devel
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Let them talk of their oriental summer climes of everlasting
> conservatories; give me the privilege of making my own summer with my
> own coals.
>
> http://gnufied.org
>


-- 
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