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-rwxr-xr-xdevel/management/commands/reporead_inotify.py11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/devel/management/commands/reporead_inotify.py b/devel/management/commands/reporead_inotify.py
index 4c865ce..ffd49b8 100755
--- a/devel/management/commands/reporead_inotify.py
+++ b/devel/management/commands/reporead_inotify.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ correctly.
"""
import logging
+import multiprocessing
import os.path
import pyinotify
import sys
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ class Database(object):
return
if self.update_thread:
self.update_thread.cancel()
+ self.update_thread = None
self._start_update_countdown()
def update(self):
@@ -142,8 +144,13 @@ class Database(object):
self.updating = True
try:
- # invoke reporead's primary method
- read_repo(self.arch, self.path, {})
+ # invoke reporead's primary method. we do this in a separate
+ # process for memory conservation purposes; these processes grow
+ # rather large so it is best to free up the memory ASAP.
+ process = multiprocessing.Process(target=read_repo,
+ args=[self.arch, self.path, {}])
+ process.start()
+ process.join()
finally:
logger.debug('Done updating database %s.', self.path)
with self.lock: