[mod_python] Re: python exceptions cause Apache to crash

Jason Carver ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com
Tue Aug 5 13:01:39 EDT 2008


And yes, I am installing everything as an Administrator.

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Jason Carver <ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com>wrote:

> If I try to install mod_python without python 2.5 installed, mod_python
> refuses, so I assume you mean uninstall all versions of python, then install
> python 2.5.2, then mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.2.exe
>
> I did that, with no changes.  I get the same Traceback during mod_python
> install and I can still reproduce the crash reliably.
>
> Bug requirements update: It does not matter if I test the req object, it
> only matters if the req object has something set.  So these are the new
> requirements to reproduce the bug
>
>    - use built in logging module
>    - raise Exception
>    - call page with variables (ie~ http://localhost/index.py?action=boom)
>    - use the following code:
>
> import logging
>
> def index(req):
>     """Handles all Browser Requests"""
>     try:
>         logging.getLogger('').addHandler( logging.StreamHandler(req) )
>
>         raise Exception('Goodbye Apache')
>
>     except Exception, e:
>         logging.exception('I crash')
>         raise
>
> So there seems to be some kind of three way interaction between the logging
> module, the apache req module, and exception handling.  If any one of the
> three are not involved, apache does not crash...
>
> For now I can use a home-grown logger to get around the bug, but I hate to
> build code that already exists and make future developers have to learn my
> logger instead of the built-in one.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Graham Dumpleton
> graham.dumpleton-at-gmail.com |public mailing list| <
> a9ghk53mp50t at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please use reply-all and keep discussion on the list, don't reply just to
>> me.
>>
>> Have you tried uninstalling all versions of Python and mod_python
>> first and then install it? Ie., don't install when you have existing
>> versions on the system.
>>
>> When installing packages, are you doing it as a user with
>> administrator privileges?
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> 2008/8/5  <ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com>:
>> > Unfortunately, when I tried to install the mod_python 3.3.1 for 2.5 I
>> got
>> > this traceback:
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "boot_com_servers.py", line 21, in <module>
>> >   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythoncom.py", line 3, in <module>
>> >     pywintypes.__import_pywin32_system_module__("pythoncom", globals())
>> >   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32\Lib\pywintypes.py", line 98,
>> in
>> > __import_pywin32_system_module__
>> >     ('.dll', 'rb', imp.C_EXTENSION))
>> > ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be
>> found.
>> >
>> > and when I try to start apache 2 anyway, it says "The requested
>> operation
>> > has failed!"
>> >
>> > That's why I was using the version for 2.4.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Graham Dumpleton
>> > graham.dumpleton-at-......... |public mailing list| <...> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 2008/8/5  <ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com>:
>> >> > Thanks for the quick reply!  Answers inline...
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Graham Dumpleton
>> >> > graham.dumpleton-at-......... |public mailing list| <...> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What operating system? What version of Python? What version of
>> >> >> mod_python?
>> >> >
>> >> > I am on Windows XP SP3 using Python 2.5 in mod_python 3.3.1
>> >> >
>> >> > I hacked the binary to use 2.5 on Windows, but the same problem is
>> >> > reproducible on Ubuntu 7.10 using the latest source from svn compiled
>> >> > with
>> >> > python 2.5.
>> >> >
>> >> >> What startup messages for mod_python are in the Apache error log?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:21 2008] [notice] Server built: Nov  7 2007
>> 11:48:48
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:21 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process
>> 27164
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:22 2008] [error] python_init: Python version
>> mismatch,
>> >> > expected '2.4.3', found '2.5'.
>> >>
>> >> This is why it is probably breaking. Install mod_python compiled
>> >> against Python 2.5. The version you are using was compiled against
>> >> older version of Python.
>> >>
>> >> Fix your installation and try again.
>> >>
>> >> Do you get similar warnings on your other platform as well?
>> >>
>> >> Graham
>> >>
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:22 2008] [error] python_init: Python executable
>> found
>> >> > 'C:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\apache.exe'.
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:22 2008] [error] python_init: Python path being
>> used
>> >> > 'C:\\Program
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> Files\\OpenLibraries\\python;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\python25.zip;C:\\Python25\\Lib;C:\\Python25\\DLLs;C:\\Python25\\Lib\\lib-tk;;C:\\xampp\\apache\\bin'.
>> >> > [Mon Aug 04 20:03:22 2008] [notice] mod_python: Creating 8 session
>> >> > mutexes
>> >> > based on 0 max processes and 250 max threads.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What is the mod_python configuration you have in Apache
>> configuration
>> >> >> files?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > PythonOption mod_python.mutex_directory "/pytmp"
>> >> > PythonOption mod_python.mutex_locks 8
>> >> >
>> >> > AliasMatch      ^/slique(.*)        'C:/Documents and
>> Settings/Jason/My
>> >> > Documents/Coding/eclipse-workspace/slique-dev/src/$1'
>> >> >
>> >> > <Directory 'C:/Documents and Settings/Jason/My
>> >> > Documents/Coding/eclipse-workspace/slique-dev/src'>
>> >> >     Options Indexes ExecCGI FollowSymLinks MultiViews
>> >> >     AllowOverride All
>> >> >
>> >> >     AddHandler mod_python .py
>> >> >     PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
>> >> >     PythonDebug On
>> >> >     PythonPath "sys.path + ['C:/Documents and Settings/Jason/My
>> >> > Documents/Coding/eclipse-workspace/slique-dev/src']"
>> >> >
>> >> > </Directory>
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Specifically, are you setting PythonPath directive in really strange
>> >> >> ways?
>> >> >
>> >> > PythonPath is set this way
>> >> > PythonPath "sys.path + ['C:/Documents and Settings/Jason/My
>> >> > Documents/Coding/eclipse-workspace/slique-dev/src']"
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Does it happen if you don't use the 'logging' module?
>> >> >
>> >> > If I comment out logging.exception('I crash'), then the traceback
>> prints
>> >> > to
>> >> > screen as expected.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Graham
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2008/8/5 Jason Carver <ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com>:
>> >> >> > Here is code that consistently crashes Apache for me:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > import logging
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > def index(req):
>> >> >> >     """Handles all Browser Requests"""
>> >> >> >     try:
>> >> >> >         reqHandler = logging.StreamHandler(req)
>> >> >> >         logging.getLogger('').addHandler(reqHandler)
>> >> >> >         if req.form.has_key('action'):
>> >> >> >             raise Exception('Goodbye Apache')
>> >> >> >     except Exception, e:
>> >> >> >         logging.exception('I crash')
>> >> >> >         raise
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Now just go to the site with /?action=dosomething and it will
>> crash
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Removing the if statement, the exception, or the logger are all
>> ways
>> >> >> > of
>> >> >> > alleviating the crash, but none of them should be necessary.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Cheers,
>> >> >> > Jason
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Jason Carver
>> >> >> > <ynj0qeh02 at sneakemail.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I am having the craziest error, confirmed on both a LAMPython and
>> >> >> >> WAMPython setup: exceptions in mod_python are causing Apache to
>> >> >> >> crash
>> >> >> >> hard.
>> >> >> >> Even stranger is that the exceptions have to meet a few specific
>> >> >> >> conditions
>> >> >> >> to cause Apache to crash.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> As best I can tell those conditions include:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> raising an exception (this problem always goes away if the
>> exception
>> >> >> >> is
>> >> >> >> commented out)
>> >> >> >> having the exception be inside an if-block that tests a
>> dictionary
>> >> >> >> (the
>> >> >> >> problem goes away if I do something like """if 'hello' ==
>> 'hello':
>> >> >> >> raise
>> >> >> >> Exception('goodbye')""")
>> >> >> >> catching the exception and logging it using the python built-in
>> >> >> >> logging.exception(e) (the problem goes away if I comment out the
>> >> >> >> logger)
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Apache does not write anything to its error.log, so it was a bit
>> of
>> >> >> >> an
>> >> >> >> adventure to discover all these elements.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Any ideas?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >> >> Jason
>> >> >> >
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>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
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