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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-32379

Memory leak in session_set_user (forum digest hits memory limit)

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    • Testing Instructions:
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      Not sure how to test this. Adding test instructions to make sure forum cron doesn't break.

      1. Enroll 5 users to a course.
      2. Add forum to course and set Subscription mode to Forced subscription
      3. Post discussion to forum by logging as different user
      4. Run cron and make sure every one gets email.
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      Not sure how to test this. Adding test instructions to make sure forum cron doesn't break. Enroll 5 users to a course. Add forum to course and set Subscription mode to Forced subscription Post discussion to forum by logging as different user Run cron and make sure every one gets email.
    • Difficulty:
      Easy
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_23_STABLE
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    • Pull Master Branch:
      w21_MDL-32379_m23_forumcron
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      Description

      The session_set_user function points $_SESSION['USER'] at the passed object.

      When data is attached to the session user, this bloats out the referenced object, so if a process changes users many times from say, a prefilled list of records, it will hit the memory limit and fail. For example, the forum digest sending is affected by this problem and will fail on any site where a large number of users are to be sent a digest.

      This can be resolved by simply cloning the passed $user object to break the reference.

      Github incoming with a patch.

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          caused a regression

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-46977 mod_forum: Requested user profile field does not exist

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Open
          has a non-specific relationship to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-23687 Forum Cron runs out of memory

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

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                  Fix Release Date:
                  25/Jun/12