When an error occurs in a database connection thread, adbapi invokes log.err from that thread, which in turns causes log observers to be invoked in this thread. Mantissa's TracebackCollector has a log observer which logs items as Items in an Axiom store; this means that the log observer tries to run SQLite queries in the wrong thread, and explodes. However, I'm not sure whose fault this is; it seems there are three possibilities:
1) log.err and log.msg should not be called from a non-reactor thread, making this an adbapi bug. 2) twisted.python.log should not invoke log observers in a non-reactor thread, making this a twisted.python.log bug. 3) log observers should expect to be inovked in non-reactor threads, making this a Mantissa bug. Can anyone give a definitive answer on this? The "nothing except reactor.callFromThread is thread-safe" principle would suggest that 1) is the case, but logging seems like it might be a special case. -- mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
