blocked on futex

[msoulier]

On Mar 20, 10:22 am, a... at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
> How many processes do you have running?  What kind of guarantee do you

One process. No threads, no forking.

> have that there's only one process if you think there should be only one?
> What's on the other side of the socket?  If there's no consistent place,

A preforking daemon.

> is it always the same object type involved or function/method call?  I'm
> not at all familiar with Django, but it might be using threads
> internally.

Django doesn't use threads and neither do I. It doesn't deadlock in
any consistent location that I can find.

> Have you tried dumping core and using gdb to find out more about the
> process state?

Yeah, just did. I need the debuginfo for proper symbols, but here's an
initial backtrace.

#0  0x0084d7a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#1  0x009dbc1f in sem_wait at GLIBC_2.0 () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
#2  0x00a7ce1e in PyThread_acquire_lock () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#3  0x00a7ff07 in _PyObject_GC_Del () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#4  0x00a29991 in PyCFunction_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#5  0x00a5c51c in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#6  0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#7  0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#8  0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#9  0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#10 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#11 0x00a19e8e in PyFunction_SetClosure () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#12 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#13 0x00a0ddc8 in PyMethod_New () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#14 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#15 0x00a581b0 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#16 0x00a50dda in _PyUnicodeUCS4_IsAlpha () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#17 0x00a29991 in PyCFunction_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#18 0x00a5c51c in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#19 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#20 0x00a5cd99 in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#21 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#22 0x00a19e8e in PyFunction_SetClosure () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#23 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#24 0x00a581b0 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#25 0x00a8147f in PyErr_CheckSignals () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#26 0x00a81548 in PyErr_CheckSignals () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#27 0x00a57fa1 in Py_MakePendingCalls () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#28 0x00a58f4d in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#29 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#30 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#31 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#32 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#33 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#34 0x00a19e8e in PyFunction_SetClosure () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#35 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#36 0x00a0ddc8 in PyMethod_New () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#37 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#38 0x00a581b0 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#39 0x00a50dda in _PyUnicodeUCS4_IsAlpha () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#40 0x00a29991 in PyCFunction_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#41 0x00a5c51c in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#42 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#43 0x00a5cd99 in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#44 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#45 0x00a19e8e in PyFunction_SetClosure () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#46 0x00a06637 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#47 0x00a5b998 in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#48 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#49 0x00a5cd99 in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#50 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#51 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#52 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#53 0x00a5d98b in _PyEval_SliceIndex () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#54 0x00a5e0a6 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.
1.0
#55 0x00a5e36d in PyEval_EvalCode () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#56 0x00a77827 in PyErr_Display () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#57 0x00a78952 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#58 0x00a799a4 in PyRun_AnyFileExFlags () from /usr/lib/
libpython2.3.so.1.0
#59 0x00a7e69e in Py_Main () from /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
#60 0x080485b2 in main ()

It looks to me like it's blocking in pthread_mutex_lock, synchronizing
on a critical section for thread safety. Looks like a bug to me. I
went to report it, but there's no 2.3 version in the python bug
tracker so I'm assuming it's no longer supported.

Mike