[ZODB-Dev] [Patch] (was: [Bug] Leaking pickle cache references --> potentially huge memory leaks)

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 15:57, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Jeremy Hylton wrote at 2003-11-11 17:17 -0500:
>  > Actually, this was fixed for ZODB 3.2 by adding a clear() method to the
>  > cache.  I should look at the PER_DEL / deallocated issue, though.
> 
> There is a "PickleCache.clear" method already for ZODB 3.1.
> However, after I used it, Python segfaulted (some indeterminate
> time later).
> Apparently, the 3.1 "clear" releases things that must not be
> released.

That sounds right.  The clear() method wasn't safe.  I believe it has
been revised in 3.2.

Jeremy