Hi, I'm in the middle of righting a highly multi-threaded app which uses VFS to write output to a configurable list of FTP servers and local file systems
String url = baseUrl + fname; OutputStream ftpOut = null; PrintStream docOut = null; try { log.debug("Uploading to '" + url + "'"); FileObject dirObj = VFS.getManager().resolveFile(baseUrl); // <-- Line 80 if (!dirObj.exists()) { dirObj.createFolder(); } FileObject fileObj = dirObj.resolveFile(fname); // <-- Line 84 ftpOut = fileObj.getContent().getOutputStream(); // <-- Line 86 docOut = new PrintStream(ftpOut); docOut.print(content); log.info("Upload to '" + url + "' completed"); uploaded = true; } catch(IOException ioe) { log.warn("Failure uploading to " + url, ioe); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(docOut); } This has been working nicely for a while, but has just produced the following deadlock: Found one Java-level deadlock: ============================= "Thread-760": waiting to lock monitor 0xa805d0dc (object 0xad3dd040, a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem), which is held by "Thread-716" "Thread-716": waiting to lock monitor 0x084aa954 (object 0xad3dd588, a java.lang.Object), which is held by "Thread-720" "Thread-720": waiting to lock monitor 0xa805d0dc (object 0xad3dd040, a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem), which is held by "Thread-716" Java stack information for the threads listed above: =================================================== "Thread-760": at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileSystem.resolveFile(AbstractFileSystem.java:267) - waiting to lock <0xad3dd040> (a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractOriginatingFileProvider.findFile(AbstractOriginatingFileProvider.java:88) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractOriginatingFileProvider.findFile(AbstractOriginatingFileProvider.java:62) at org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:641) at org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:602) at org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:570) at com.reuters.agency.tvdams.lisa.DocumentOutputCommand.internalExecute(DocumentOutputCommand.java:80) at lisa.server.core.command.type.LisaMessageCommand.internalExecute(LisaMessageCommand.java:108) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.execute(BaseLisaCommand.java:139) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.call(BaseLisaCommand.java:106) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.FutureResult$1.run(Unknown Source) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) "Thread-716": at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem.getClient(FtpFileSystem.java:106) - waiting to lock <0xad3dd588> (a java.lang.Object) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileObject.doGetChildren(FtpFileObject.java:120) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileObject.getChildFile(FtpFileObject.java:103) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileObject.getInfo(FtpFileObject.java:181) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileObject.refresh(FtpFileObject.java:208) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileSystem.resolveFile(AbstractFileSystem.java:319) - locked <0xad3dd040> (a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileSystem.resolveFile(AbstractFileSystem.java:267) - locked <0xad3dd040> (a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileObject.resolveFile(AbstractFileObject.java:670) at com.reuters.agency.tvdams.lisa.DocumentOutputCommand.internalExecute(DocumentOutputCommand.java:84) at lisa.server.core.command.type.LisaMessageCommand.internalExecute(LisaMessageCommand.java:108) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.execute(BaseLisaCommand.java:139) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.call(BaseLisaCommand.java:106) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.FutureResult$1.run(Unknown Source) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) "Thread-720": at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileSystem.resolveFile(AbstractFileSystem.java:267) - waiting to lock <0xad3dd040> (a org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileSystem.getRoot(AbstractFileSystem.java:242) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileSystem.getClient(FtpFileSystem.java:108) - locked <0xad3dd588> (a java.lang.Object) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.ftp.FtpFileObject.doGetOutputStream(FtpFileObject.java:490) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.AbstractFileObject.getOutputStream(AbstractFileObject.java:1219) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.DefaultFileContent.getOutputStream(DefaultFileContent.java:373) at org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.DefaultFileContent.getOutputStream(DefaultFileContent.java:356) at com.reuters.agency.tvdams.lisa.DocumentOutputCommand.internalExecute(DocumentOutputCommand.java:86) at lisa.server.core.command.type.LisaMessageCommand.internalExecute(LisaMessageCommand.java:108) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.execute(BaseLisaCommand.java:139) at lisa.server.core.command.type.BaseLisaCommand.call(BaseLisaCommand.java:106) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.FutureResult$1.run(Unknown Source) at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) This looks like a nasty bug to me but it's quite possible I'm doing something stupid. Any ideas? Richard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]