[development] problems with shutdown function in search module

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

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Gerhard Killesreiter schrieb:
> Augustin (Beginner) schrieb:
>> On Monday 06 August 2007 19:34, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> our search module uses a shutdown function in its cron hook. While
>>> re-indexing scratch.d.o to test Doug's patch, I encountered the
>>> following situation:
>>>
>>> 1) There are runnign several update routines from search_update_totals
>>> in parallel.
>>>
>>> 2) The final select query in that function run for hours.
>>>
>>> I believe that 1) is caused by the fact that the shutdown function isn't
>>> governed by our cron semaphore. That is, it runs until it is done and it
>>> won't stop other cron jobs from running. So if there are enough dirty
>>> workds to update, it is possible that there are several of them running
>>> in parallel. I've seen as many as 5. Does anybody consider this a problem?
>> I am not sure I understand the problem.
>> If you want to make sure only one process runs at a time, we can use a locking 
>> mechanism like I do in one module:
> 
> Yes, of course I could. There is however none currently and it might be
> that it is actually not needed. I am more concerned with the second part
> of my question.

Ok, the second part (and probably the first too) were due to some setup
problem on the server. The update script created tables as MyISAM and
the server is configured for InnoDB only. Also, the update script
omitted an index. Thanks to Narayan for this info.

Cheers,
	Gerhard

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