[erlang-questions] timer server timeout

[Kenneth Lundin]

This is not a known issue.
After a quick glance I agree with you that a sys:get_status call to
the timer_server or any other
"gen_server" using the gen_server timeout feature can disturb the
timing either by delaying
the timeout message or by not letting any timeout message to be sent.

I will put this on the list of things to  look at.

It is whoever very unlikely that this happens in normal operation
since there is no reason to call
sys:get_status other than for debugging purposes.

I have never heard of any real problems caused by this.

/Kenneth  Erlang/OTP Ericsson

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:05 PM, johan munk <johanmunk@REDACTED> wrote:
> Following the control flow in the gen_server, sys, and timer modules I see
> this:
> Calling sys:get_status(timer_server) will "reset" the "after time" in the
> loop function of gen_server. As the timer server uses that time to get a
> timeout if no other messages are received, one can potentially cause timers
> to never trigger.
> Is this a known issue/feature?
>
> /JM
>