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Scheduler going crazy
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 08:05
by christophe.feerik
Hello guys,
This morning when I looked into our logs, I've found a huge log file of 2,9 GB.
Normally, this file is at most 200/300 MB. So, I've investigated deeper.
I've found this exception appearing several thousand times without interruption :
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java.lang.NullPointerException
at it.gotoandplay.smartfoxserver.util.scheduling.Scheduler.executeTasks(Scheduler.java:299)
at it.gotoandplay.smartfoxserver.util.scheduling.Scheduler.run(Scheduler.java:223)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
And after that this line unendly :
We had to restart the server to get back to a normal situation.
Any idea of the source of this ?
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 07:45
by Lapo
Before putting this in the bugs section we should investigate where the problem is.
Are you sure you are not creating too many Schedulers?
What server version is in use?
Are monitoring the thread count in the Admin Tool?
Thanks
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 08:05
by christophe.feerik
We are using SFS version 1.6.6 and BlueBox 1.0.5.
We are creating what we consider a fair amount of scheduled tasks through the scheduler. We have two tasks by game room and the server hosted at most 300 concurrent game rooms.
The thread count in the Admin Tool lies in a range from about 90 to 175 threads (12 of those threads comes from us, but the others are from SmartFox only).
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 08:38
by Lapo
Do you start a new scheduler for each Room?
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 08:43
by christophe.feerik
Yes we do, but from your reply, I guess we're wrong.
In each game room we have this in the init() function :
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scheduler = new Scheduler();
postMethodsTask = new Task("postMethods");
scheduler.addScheduledTask(postMethodsTask, 1, true, this);
scheduler.startService();
And proper cleaning is done in the destroy() function :
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postMethodsTask.active = false;
scheduler.stopService();
scheduler = null;
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 08:53
by Lapo
Well, I see two problems here.
1) Starting 1 Scheduler per Room is not so great. Not that it is horrible but the Scheduler can handle many tasks and using it just for one Room is a waste of resources especially when there are many Rooms
2) The error you are getting is a bit strange. I recall having seen this one earlier and I believe we fixed it with the 1.6.8 update.
I would suggest to upgrade (it's a very quick thing) and try again.
If you have any more troubles with that error send us an email and we'll send you a pre-release of the next coming update.
Patch 1.6.8:
http://www.smartfoxserver.com/products/ ... #downloads
(scroll down a bit and you'll see it)