Disabling auto_flushing still flushes when the buffer hits a maximum size, as a failsafe against memory-gobbling.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@7739 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

activesupport/CHANGELOG

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 * Hash#to_json takes :only or :except options to specific or omit certain hash keys. Enumerable#to_json passes through its options to each element.  #9751 [Chu Yeow]
 
-* BufferedLogger#auto_flushing = N flushes the log every N messages. Buffers with an array instead of string.  [Jeremy Kemper]
+* BufferedLogger#auto_flushing = N flushes the log every N messages. Buffers with an array instead of string. Disabling auto_flushing still flushes when the buffer hits a maximum size, as a failsafe against memory-gobbling.  [Jeremy Kemper]
 
 * Fixed Date#xmlschema for dates outside the range of what can be created with Time #9744 [Geoff Buesing]
 

activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
     end
     include Severity
 
+    MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 1000
+
     # Set to false to disable the silencer
     cattr_accessor :silencer
     self.silencer = true
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       # Ensures that the original message is not mutated.
       message = "#{message}\n" unless message[-1] == ?\n
       @buffer << message
-      auto_flush if auto_flushing
+      auto_flush
       message
     end
 
@@ -78,16 +80,13 @@ module ActiveSupport
     # never auto-flush. If you turn auto-flushing off, be sure to regularly
     # flush the log yourself -- it will eat up memory until you do.
     def auto_flushing=(period)
-      case period
-      when true
-        @auto_flushing = 1
-      when 0
-        @auto_flushing = false
-      when false, nil, Integer
-        @auto_flushing = period
-      else
-        raise ArgumentError, "Unrecognized auto_flushing period: #{period.inspect}"
-      end
+      @auto_flushing =
+        case period
+        when true;                1
+        when false, nil, 0;       MAX_BUFFER_SIZE
+        when Integer;             period
+        else raise ArgumentError, "Unrecognized auto_flushing period: #{period.inspect}"
+        end
     end
 
     def flush

activesupport/test/buffered_logger_test.rb

@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ class BufferedLoggerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @logger.flush
       assert !@output.string.empty?, @logger.buffer.size
     end
+
+    define_method "test_disabling_auto_flush_with_#{disable.inspect}_should_flush_at_max_buffer_size_as_failsafe" do
+      @logger.auto_flushing = disable
+      assert_equal ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger::MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, @logger.auto_flushing
+
+      (ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger::MAX_BUFFER_SIZE - 1).times do
+        @logger.info 'wait for it..'
+        assert @output.string.empty?, @output.string
+      end
+
+      @logger.info 'there it is.'
+      assert !@output.string.empty?, @logger.buffer.size
+    end
   end
 
   def test_should_auto_flush_every_n_messages