From 17bec61580fe1eab9b60b01d990af9046a1cb031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:49:52 +0000 Subject: ds: workaround a memory leak in Perl 5.16.x The perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6 RPM package on RHEL/CentOS 7 is affected by a memory leak in Perl when calling `ref' on blessed references. This resulted in a very slow leak that manifests more quickly with a nonstop "git fetch" loop. Use Scalar::Util::blessed to work around the issue. Tested overnight on a CentOS 7 VM. cf. https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=114340 --- lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm index 30a9641a..7f7cb85d 100644 --- a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm +++ b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use parent qw(Exporter); our @EXPORT_OK = qw(now msg_more); use warnings; use 5.010_001; +use Scalar::Util qw(blessed); use PublicInbox::Syscall qw(:epoll); use PublicInbox::Tmpfile; @@ -178,10 +179,12 @@ sub next_tick () { my $q = $nextq; $nextq = []; for (@$q) { - if (ref($_) eq 'CODE') { - $_->(); - } else { + # we avoid "ref" on blessed refs to workaround a Perl 5.16.3 leak: + # https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=114340 + if (blessed($_)) { $_->event_step; + } else { + $_->(); } } } -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7