[view] fix: random segmentation fault errors caused by the cache cleaner thread

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Fixes
 - AppImage
   - upgrade fails when the package was initially imported, but later added to bauh's database [#321](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/321)
+- General
+  - random segmentation fault errors associated with threads and caching
 - Web
   - search not working for some typed addresses (e.g: those returning 403)
 

bauh/manage.py

@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ from bauh.view.qt.prepare import PreparePanel
 from bauh.view.qt.settings import SettingsWindow
 from bauh.view.qt.window import ManageWindow
 from bauh.view.util import resource, util
-from bauh.view.util.cache import CacheCleaner, DefaultMemoryCacheFactory
+from bauh.view.util.cache import DefaultMemoryCacheFactory
 from bauh.view.util.disk import DefaultDiskCacheLoaderFactory
 
 
 def new_manage_panel(app_args: Namespace, app_config: dict, logger: logging.Logger) -> Tuple[QApplication, QWidget]:
     i18n = generate_i18n(app_config, resource.get_path('locale'))
 
-    cache_cleaner = CacheCleaner()
-
-    cache_factory = DefaultMemoryCacheFactory(expiration_time=int(app_config['memory_cache']['data_expiration']), cleaner=cache_cleaner)
+    cache_factory = DefaultMemoryCacheFactory(expiration_time=int(app_config['memory_cache']['data_expiration']))
     icon_cache = cache_factory.new(int(app_config['memory_cache']['icon_expiration']))
 
     http_client = HttpClient(logger)
@@ -83,12 +81,9 @@ def new_manage_panel(app_args: Namespace, app_config: dict, logger: logging.Logg
                                      force_suggestions=force_suggestions,
                                      logger=logger)
 
-        prepare = PreparePanel(context=context,
-                               manager=manager,
-                               i18n=i18n,
-                               manage_window=manage_window,
-                               app_config=app_config,
-                               force_suggestions=force_suggestions)
-        cache_cleaner.start()
-
-        return app, prepare
+        return app, PreparePanel(context=context,
+                                 manager=manager,
+                                 i18n=i18n,
+                                 manage_window=manage_window,
+                                 app_config=app_config,
+                                 force_suggestions=force_suggestions)

bauh/view/util/cache.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
-import time
-from threading import Lock, Thread
+from threading import Lock
 from typing import Optional
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.cache import MemoryCache, MemoryCacheFactory
@@ -76,41 +75,14 @@ class DefaultMemoryCache(MemoryCache):
                 self.get(key)
 
 
-class CacheCleaner(Thread):
-
-    def __init__(self, check_interval: int = 15):
-        super(CacheCleaner, self).__init__(daemon=True)
-        self.caches = []
-        self.check_interval = check_interval
-
-    def register(self, cache: MemoryCache):
-        if cache.is_enabled():
-            self.caches.append(cache)
-
-    def run(self):
-        if self.caches:
-            while True:
-                for cache in self.caches:
-                    cache.clean_expired()
-
-                time.sleep(self.check_interval)
-
-
 class DefaultMemoryCacheFactory(MemoryCacheFactory):
 
-    def __init__(self, expiration_time: int, cleaner: CacheCleaner = None):
+    def __init__(self, expiration_time: int):
         """
         :param expiration_time: default expiration time for all instantiated caches
-        :param cleaner
         """
         super(DefaultMemoryCacheFactory, self).__init__()
         self.expiration_time = expiration_time
-        self.cleaner = cleaner
 
     def new(self, expiration: Optional[int] = None) -> MemoryCache:
-        instance = DefaultMemoryCache(expiration if expiration is not None else self.expiration_time)
-
-        if self.cleaner:
-            self.cleaner.register(instance)
-
-        return instance
+        return DefaultMemoryCache(expiration if expiration is not None else self.expiration_time)