Phoenix.pm: Apache::Session::Lock::File under mod_perl

[Andrew Johnson]

Doug Miles wrote:
> Anyone out there using Apache::Session::File and 
> Apache::Session::Lock::File under mod_perl?  The problem I am having is 
> that Apache::Session::Lock::File is aparently not releasing the 
> exclusive lock when the tied hash goes out of scope.  I can get a simple 
> test program to work from the command line, but when I try it under 
> mod_perl, it locks on the tie to the existing session.  If I delete the 
> lock file, it works fine.  Any ideas?
> 

Sounds like the lock is persisting because the Apache process that 
created the lock still exists.  Are you sure the part of the code where 
you're calling release_write_lock() or release_read_lock() is actually 
being run?