xmerl, ets,(mnisia) Too many db tables

Bertil Karlsson bertil@REDACTED
Mon Oct 10 10:27:37 CEST 2005


This error is due to a bug that has been removed. xmerl uses 
sofs:family_to_digraph(Set, [acyclic]) to check for recursions in 
entities. This call creats digraphs that we (I) forgot to remove.
The next patch/release has this bugfix.

/Bertil

Sanjaya Vitharana wrote:
> Hi ...!!!
>  
> I got the below error after running my system about 30-45 min. But I'm 
> sure that I'm not using any database in my code. But the error referes 
> to ** Too many db tables **. I have try to search the community replies 
> & found that another person get the similer error when using mnisia. But 
> in my case I don't use mnesia at all.
>  
> So ... I dig down to my xml server & parser. Found that in xmerl it self 
> uses exacly the same code as error shows (i.e Tab = ets:new(rules, [set, 
> public]), )
>  
> This occurs when I try to increase the load of xml parssing.
>     i.e. I have set my dialout thread to check the dialout calls every 
> second (earlier was 15 seconds), so each check should pass the xml file 
> (or parse_error.xml ). Also each of that dialout call need to pass 5-6 
> xml files to initiate a call.
>  
> Except to that dialout thing, all the call flow running on the xml & all 
> xml files should pass. So the xml processing is high in the system.
>  
> As I have wrote about, the system works properly about 30-45 min without 
> any problem & later gives the below error.
>  
>  
> =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:41:43 ===
> ** Too many db tables **
>  
> ***Failed to Parse parse_error.xml, {error,{'EXIT',
>                                                {system_limit,
>                                                    
> [{ets,new,[rules,[set,public]]},
>                                                     
> {xmerl_scan,initial_state,2},
>                                                     
> {xmerl_scan,int_string,4},
>                                                     {xmerl_scan,file,2},
>                                                     
> {ivr_xml_psr,parseXMLFile_parse_error,1},
>                                                     
> {ivr_xml_svr,do_passError,1},
>                                                     
> {ivr_xml_svr,handle_info, 2},
>                                                     
> {gen_server,handle_msg,6}]}}}
>  
>  
> It continues up to several time & system crashes giving below error reports
>  
>  
>  
> =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:00 ===
> Mnesia(omni_ivr@REDACTED <mailto:omni_ivr@REDACTED>): ** ERROR ** (ignoring 
> core) ** FATAL ** mnesia_recover crashed: {system_limit,
>                                                                                              
> [{ets,
>                                                                                                   
> new,
>                                                                                                   
> [mnesia_transient_decision,
>                                                                                                    
> [{keypos,
>                                                                                                         
> 2},
>                                                                                                     
> set,
>                                                                                                     
> public]]},
>                                                                                               
> {mnesia_recover,
>                                                                                                   
> create_transient_decision,
>                                                                                                   
> 0},
>                                                                                               
> {mnesia_recover,
>                                                                                                   
> do_allow_garb,
>                                                                                                   
> 0},
>                                                                                               
> {mnesia_recover,
>                                                                                                   
> handle_cast,
>                                                                                                   
> 2},
>                                                                                               
> {gen_server,
>                                                                                                   
> handle_msg,
>                                                                                                   
> 6},
>                                                                                               
> {proc_lib,
>                                                                                                   
> init_p,
>                                                                                                   
> 5}]} state: {state,
>                                                                                                                   
> <0.51.0>,
>                                                                                                                   
> undefined,
>                                                                                                                   
> undefined,
>                                                                                                                   
> undefined,
>                                                                                                                   
> 0,
>                                                                                                                   
> true,
>                                                                                                                   
> []}
>  
> =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:00 ===
>      Supervisor: {local,mnesia_kernel_sup}
>      Context:    child_terminated
>      Reason:     shutdown
>      Offender:   [{pid,<0.52.0>},
>                   {name,mnesia_monitor},
>                   {mfa,{mnesia_monitor,start,[]}},
>                   {restart_type,permanent},
>                   {shutdown,3000},
>                   {child_type,worker}]
>  
> 
> =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:00 ===
>      Supervisor: {local,mnesia_kernel_sup}
>      Context:    shutdown
>      Reason:     reached_max_restart_intensity
>      Offender:   [{pid,<0.52.0>},
>                   {name,mnesia_monitor},
>                   {mfa,{mnesia_monitor,start,[]}},
>                   {restart_type,permanent},
>                   {shutdown,3000},
>                   {child_type,worker}]
>  
> -------------------------------------------------
>  
> =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:10 ===
> ** Generic server mnesia_monitor terminating
> ** Last message in was {'EXIT',<0.51.0>,killed}
> ** When Server state == {state,<0.51.0>,[],[],true,[],undefined,[]}
> ** Reason for termination ==
> ** killed
>  
> =CRASH REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:10 ===
>   crasher:
>     pid: <0.52.0>
>     registered_name: mnesia_monitor
>     error_info: killed
>     initial_call: {gen,init_it,
>                       [gen_server,
>                        <0.51.0>,
>                        <0.51.0>,
>                        {local,mnesia_monitor},
>                        mnesia_monitor,
>                        [<0.51.0>],
>                        [{timeout,infinity}]]}
>     ancestors: [mnesia_kernel_sup,mnesia_sup,<0.48.0>]
>     messages: []
>     links: [<0.20.0>]
>     dictionary: []
>     trap_exit: true
>     status: running
>     heap_size: 987
>     stack_size: 21
>     reductions: 6172
>   neighbours:
>  
> =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:10 ===
> Mnesia(omni_ivr@REDACTED <mailto:omni_ivr@REDACTED>): ** ERROR ** 
> mnesia_event got unexpected event: {'EXIT',
>                                                                             
> <0.53.0>,
>                                                                             
> killed}
>  
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> =CRASH REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:10 ===
>   crasher:
>     pid: <0.50.0>
>     registered_name: mnesia_event
>     error_info: killed
>     initial_call: {gen,init_it,
>                       [gen_event,
>                        <0.49.0>,
>                        <0.49.0>,
>                        {local,mnesia_event},
>                        [],
>                        [],
>                        []]}
>     ancestors: [mnesia_sup,<0.48.0>]
>     messages: []
>     links: []
>     dictionary: []
>     trap_exit: true
>     status: running
>     heap_size: 233
>     stack_size: 21
>     reductions: 203
>   neighbours:
> nms_adi_drv.c (239): stop
> nms_adi_drv.c (476): finish
> na_drv.c (558): stop
> na_drv.c (2164): finish
> ctaError: CTAERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
>  
> =CRASH REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:10 ===
>   crasher:
>     pid: <0.47.0>
>     registered_name: []
>     error_info: killed
>     initial_call: {application_master,init,
>                                      [<0.5.0>,
>                                       <0.46.0>,
>                                       {appl_data,
>                                           mnesia,
>                                           [mnesia_dumper_load_regulator,
>                                            mnesia_event,
>                                            mnesia_fallback,
>                                            mnesia_controller,
>                                            mnesia_kernel_sup,
>                                            mnesia_late_loader,
>                                            mnesia_locker,
>                                            mnesia_monitor,
>                                            mnesia_recover,
>                                            mnesia_substr,
>                                            mnesia_sup,
>                                            mnesia_tm],
>                                           undefined,
>                                           {mnesia_sup,[]},
>                                           [mnesia,
>                                            mnesia_backup,
>                                            mnesia_bup,
>                                            mnesia_checkpoint,
>                                            mnesia_checkpoint_sup,
>                                            mnesia_controller,
>                                            mnesia_dumper,
>                                            mnesia_event,
>                                            mnesia_frag,
>                                            mnesia_frag_hash,
>                                            mnesia_frag_old_hash,
>                                            mnesia_index,
>                                            mnesia_kernel_sup,
>                                            mnesia_late_loader,
>                                            mnesia_lib,
>                                            mnesia_loader,
>                                            mnesia_locker,
>                                            mnesia_log,
>                                            mnesia_monitor,
>                                            mnesia_recover,
>                                            mnesia_registry,
>                                            mnesia_schema,
>                                            mnesia_snmp_hook,
>                                            mnesia_snmp_sup,
>                                            mnesia_subscr,
>                                            mnesia_sup,
>                                            mnesia_sp,
>                                            mnesia_text,
>                                            mnesia_tm],
>                                           [],
>                                           infinity,
>                                           infinity},
>                                       normal]}
>     ancestors: [<0.46.0>]
>     messages: []
>     links: [<0.5.0>]
>     dictionary: []
>     trap_exit: true
>     status: running
>     heap_size: 987
>     stack_size: 21
>     reductions: 1484
>   neighbours:
>  
> =INFO REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:12 ===
>     application: mnesia
>     exited: killed
>     type: permanent
>  
> =INFO REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:12 ===
>     "Application preparing to stop."
>     module: ivr_app
>  
> =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:12 ===
>     "IVR_APP_FSM terminated"
>     shutdown
>     idle
>  
> ...... Terninate all the 60 channels ..... same as this
>  
> =INFO REPORT==== 9-Oct-2005::17:43:12 ===
>     "Application stopped."
>     module: ivr_app
>  
>  
> Is this the internal bug of xmerl ??? Why this happens ??? What should I 
> do to avoid this ??? What is the proper way to handle xmerl to pass this 
> kind of heavy xml passing situations ??
>  
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Sanjaya Vitharana



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