[Pulp-list] pulp debugging

[Mike McCune]

On 03/07/2011 05:26 PM, Jason L Connor wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've added a new debugging feature into pulp. It's a server-side
> debugging module along with a server section configuration option:
> debugging_mode:<bool>. If the option is 'true', it sets part of pulp to
> watch for a file called: /var/log/pulp/stacktrace-dump. Every time
> someone touches the file, pulp will write the stacktraces of all active
> treads out to apache's error file. The file does not need to exist when
> pulp starts. However, pulp does need to respond to at least one request
> before it can write the stacktraces out. The stacktraces do not
> interfere with pulp's other activities.
>
> I still plan to implement an interactive debugger that works on a
> similar principal. But will need more time and design (to be effective,
> it'll have to halt all the treads in the system) and implement.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Happy debugging.
>
>

this is awesome!  It reminds me of one of my fav Java features: kill 
-QUIT that will dump the threads and their stacks to a file.  very 
useful for examining the state of an application.

cheers,
Mike