> -----Original Message----- > From: wikitech-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikitech-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of > lee worden > Sent: 04 December 2009 19:14 > To: Wikimedia developers > Subject: [Wikitech-l] sessions in parallel > > Hi - > > I'm debugging my extension code against potential deadlock > conditions, and am having a problem: when I request 2 pages > simultaneously in different firefox tabs, judging by the > wfDebug output it seems like the second page request blocks > at session_start() and waits until the first page is done. > Is it supposed to do this? Does it depend on my configuration? > > Thanks - > Lee Worden > McMaster University >
If I remember correctly, the PHP files session handler has to acquire an exclusive lock on the session file in session_start(). Thus preventing your second request until the first is complete. Jared _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
