[Box-Admins] Re: squeaksource.com image update

[Chris Muller]

Why is it better to snapshot in the UI process than a background process?

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:32 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:56:23AM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> On 2013-10-19, at 14:35, "David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>>
>> > For the record, the socket leak process is:
>> >
>> >    [[vmFileCount := (FileDirectory on: '/proc/', OSProcess thisOSProcess pid asString, '/fd')
>> >            entries size.
>> >    OSProcess trace: DateAndTime now asString, ' squeakvm has ', vmFileCount asString,
>> >            ' open file descriptors'.
>> >    vmFileCount > 800 ifTrue: [
>> >            OSProcess trace: 'Too many open file handles, save image and exit'.
>> >            "Save the image, exit and wait for the supervisory script to restart"
>> >            Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true].
>> >    (Delay forSeconds: 3 * 3600) wait] repeat] fork name: 'the Socket leak monitor'.
>> >
>> > Dave
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to snapshot in the UI process?
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>
> Eeek! Thanks. I changed it to:
>
>     [[vmFileCount := (FileDirectory on: '/proc/', OSProcess thisOSProcess pid asString, '/fd') entries size.
>     OSProcess trace: DateAndTime now asString, ' squeakvm has ', vmFileCount asString, ' open file descriptors'.
>     vmFileCount > 800 ifTrue: [
>             OSProcess trace: 'Too many open file handles, save image and exit'.
>             "Save the image, exit and wait for the supervisory script to restart"
>             WorldState addDeferredUIMessage: [Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true]].
>     (Delay forSeconds: 3 * 3600) wait] repeat] fork name: 'the Socket leak monitor'.
>
> Dave
>