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Closed 9 years ago

#12310 closed defect (fixed)

lots of test failures with pysqlite file db backend in some Windows environment

Reported by: Christian Boos Owned by: Christian Boos
Priority: normal Milestone: 1.0.10
Component: database backend Version: 1.0dev
Severity: minor Keywords: appveyor sqlite rmtree
Cc: Branch:
Release Notes:

Improve robustness of unit-tests on Windows, when the file-based SQLite backend is used.

API Changes:

Added EnvironmentStub.reset_db_and_disk method, for use in tearDown methods in unit-tests, when one wants to reset the database and remove the environment.

Internal Changes:

Description

With Python 2.7.11 and sqlite3 2.6.0 (3.6.21), we get lots of errors like this one:

======================================================================
ERROR: test_author_full_name (trac.ticket.tests.notification.AttachmentNotificationTestCase)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\projects\trac\trac\ticket\tests\notification.py", line 1524, in tearDown
    shutil.rmtree(self.env.path)
  File "C:\Python27-x64\lib\shutil.py", line 252, in rmtree
    onerror(os.remove, fullname, sys.exc_info())
  File "C:\Python27-x64\lib\shutil.py", line 250, in rmtree
    os.remove(fullname)
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'c:\\users\\appveyor\\appdata\\local\\temp\\1\\trac-tempenv-hjqqot\\test.db'

We see that using 32-bits or 64-bits Python 2.7.11.

However, the problem doesn't happen with Python 2.6.6 and sqlite3 2.4.1 (3.5.9) and it also never happens when the in-memory version of SQLite is used (obviously, as the problem is with test.db still opened at the time we do the rmtree).

Locally, I have these additional results:

  • reproduced with Python 2.7.9sl x86 (that's a Stackless python)
  • reproduced with Python 2.7.10 x64 and pysqlite 2.8.1 (3.7.5)
  • no errors with Python 2.6.5

Attachments (2)

trunk.43-py2711-x86-sqlite-file.txt (69.7 KB ) - added by Christian Boos 9 years ago.
one of the build logs showing the issue
t12310-wikitestcase-setup.diff (3.5 KB ) - added by Jun Omae 9 years ago.

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Change History (16)

by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

one of the build logs showing the issue

comment:1 by Jun Omae, 9 years ago

reset_db() doesn't close database connection. Instead, I think we should use shutdown() before rmtree(self.env.path).

  • trac/ticket/tests/notification.py

    diff --git a/trac/ticket/tests/notification.py b/trac/ticket/tests/notification.py
    index 158c5a8..13b45b3 100644
    a b class AttachmentNotificationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):  
    12731273    def tearDown(self):
    12741274        """Signal the notification test suite that a test is over"""
    12751275        notifysuite.tear_down()
    1276         self.env.reset_db()
     1276        self.env.shutdown()  # really closes the db connections
    12771277        shutil.rmtree(self.env.path)
    12781278
    12791279    def test_ticket_notify_attachment_enabled_attachment_added(self):
  • trac/web/tests/api.py

    diff --git a/trac/web/tests/api.py b/trac/web/tests/api.py
    index 8a1fb6a..53eccb3 100644
    a b class RequestHandlerPermissionsTestCaseBase(unittest.TestCase):  
    5050        self.req_handler = module_class(self.env)
    5151
    5252    def tearDown(self):
    53         self.env.reset_db()
     53        self.env.shutdown()  # really closes the db connections
    5454        shutil.rmtree(self.path)
    5555
    5656    def create_request(self, authname='anonymous', **kwargs):
  • trac/web/tests/chrome.py

    diff --git a/trac/web/tests/chrome.py b/trac/web/tests/chrome.py
    index d512927..c8322ff 100644
    a b class ChromeTestCase2(unittest.TestCase):  
    476476        self.chrome = Chrome(self.env)
    477477
    478478    def tearDown(self):
     479        self.env.shutdown()  # really closes the db connections
    479480        shutil.rmtree(self.env.path)
    480481
    481482    def test_malicious_filename_raises(self):

comment:2 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Thanks!

Yes, this seems to be the logical thing to do, and the tests pass (locally). However, I've seen that elsewhere we sometimes have rmtree followed by reset_db. Like in trac/wiki/tests/model.py:

    def tearDown(self):
        shutil.rmtree(self.env.path)
        self.env.reset_db()

Strange.

comment:3 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

I reviewed our usage of rmtree and came up with r14432.

The idea is that tearDown should contain:

  • a call to reset_db if the tests created some content in the database,
  • a call to rmtree if the tests created something in the env; this must be preceded by a call to shutdown in order to free the resources, and in this case closing opened files (like db connections, but also version control related files)

in reply to:  3 ; comment:4 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Replying to Christian Boos:

I reviewed our usage of rmtree and came up with r14432.

That broke 2.7 with SQLite :memory: db:

======================================================================
ERROR: test (trac.wiki.tests.formatter.WikiTestCase)
Test attachment: "foreign" links
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/wiki/tests/formatter.py", line 191, in setUp
    wiki.save('joe', 'Entry page', '::1', datetime.now(utc))
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/wiki/model.py", line 148, in save
    self.readonly))
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/db/util.py", line 128, in execute
    cursor.execute(query, params if params is not None else [])
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/db/util.py", line 61, in execute
    r = self.cursor.execute(sql_escape_percent(sql), args)
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/db/sqlite_backend.py", line 82, in execute
    result = PyFormatCursor.execute(self, *args)
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/db/sqlite_backend.py", line 60, in execute
    args or [])
  File "/home/travis/build/edgewall/trac/trac/db/sqlite_backend.py", line 52, in _rollback_on_error
    return function(self, *args, **kwargs)
OperationalError: no such table: wiki

(and many more of the same)

But for 2.6 it's fine…

Same situation on both Windows and Linux.

in reply to:  4 ; comment:5 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

For example, on the test-wiki subset (422 tests failing out of 425), all pass again with:

  • trac/tests/wikisyntax.py

     
    144144
    145145def attachment_teardown(tc):
    146146    tc.env.reset_db()
    147     tc.env.shutdown()
     147    # tc.env.shutdown()
    148148    shutil.rmtree(tc.env.path)
    149149

Probably everything's gone when all connections to an in-memory DB are closed, with the more recent versions of SQLite.

… which brings me back to the idea of adding a few helper methods to be used in tearDown methods.

by Jun Omae, 9 years ago

in reply to:  4 ; comment:6 by Jun Omae, 9 years ago

Replying to Christian Boos:

That broke 2.7 with SQLite :memory: db: […]

But for 2.6 it's fine…

Same situation on both Windows and Linux.

I get the same errors with Python 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 on Linux.

WikiTestCase in trac.wiki.tests.formatter creates a EnvironmentStub instance on __init__(), not setUp(). It means that the database is initialized before running all tests. I think we should create a EnvironmentStub instance in WikiTestCase.setUp() in order to create it on each test. See attachment:t12310-wikitestcase-setup.diff, which is verified with all database backends.

Last edited 9 years ago by Jun Omae (previous) (diff)

in reply to:  6 ; comment:7 by anonymous, 9 years ago

Replying to Jun Omae:

Replying to Christian Boos:

That broke 2.7 with SQLite :memory: db: […]

But for 2.6 it's fine…

Same situation on both Windows and Linux.

I get the same errors with Python 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 on Linux.

Just out of curiosity, which sqlite3 or PySqlite versions are you using together with these different versions of Python?

[…] I think we should create a EnvironmentStub instance in WikiTestCase.setUp() in order to create it on each test.

I agree and applied your patch in r14438. Let's see how it behaves on AppVeyor

Last edited 9 years ago by Christian Boos (previous) (diff)

in reply to:  7 ; comment:8 by Jun Omae, 9 years ago

Replying to anonymous:

Just out of curiosity, which sqlite3 or PySqlite versions are you using together with these different versions of Python?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with older pythons on https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+archive/ubuntu/deadsnakes.

Python 2.5.6 2.6.9 2.7.3
sqlite3 2.3.2 (3.7.9) 2.4.1 (3.7.9) 2.6.0 (3.7.9)
PySqlite 2.6.3 (3.7.9) 2.6.3 (3.7.9) 2.6.3 (3.7.9)

in reply to:  8 ; comment:9 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Replying to Jun Omae:

Replying to anonymous (cboos):

Just out of curiosity, which sqlite3 or PySqlite versions are you using together with these different versions of Python?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with older pythons on https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+archive/ubuntu/deadsnakes.

Python 2.5.6 2.6.9 2.7.3
sqlite3 2.3.2 (3.7.9) 2.4.1 (3.7.9) 2.6.0 (3.7.9)
PySqlite 2.6.3 (3.7.9) 2.6.3 (3.7.9) 2.6.3 (3.7.9)

Interesting, that's not consistent with the Travis results for Python 2.6.9, as there with sqlite3 2.4.1 (3.7.9) the tests passed.

in reply to:  9 comment:10 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Actually if your table means that you tested only 3 combinations, with sqlite3 + PySqlite both installed, then as PySqlite takes precedence over sqlite3, this could explain the difference:

  • Python 2.6.9 with sqlite3 2.4.1 (3.7.9) and PySqlite not installed ⇒ OK (Travis)
  • Python 2.6.9 with sqlite3 2.4.1 (3.7.9) and PySqlite 2.6.3 (3.7.9) ⇒ FAIL (yours)

In that case, something must have changed in PySqlite between 2.4.1 and 2.6.3 w.r.t. in-memory databases.

in reply to:  5 comment:11 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Milestone: 1.0.10

Following-up to comment:5:

… which brings me back to the idea of adding a few helper methods to be used in tearDown methods.

Ok with reset_db_and_disk() to automate the error prone sequence reset_db/shutdown/rmtree? (log:cboos.git@t12310-reset_db_and_disk)

comment:12 by Ryan J Ollos, 9 years ago

The helper method looks like a good idea.

comment:13 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

API Changes: modified (diff)
Release Notes: modified (diff)

Last refactoring committed in [14493], merged on trunk in [14494] with one additional fix, for trac\upgrades\tests\db41.py.

comment:14 by Christian Boos, 9 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

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