Timeout the connection pool monitor on ruby 1.8 only

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
index cf760e334e..901b17124c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
@@ -65,15 +65,23 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # The default ConnectionPool maximum size is 5.
       def initialize(spec)
         @spec = spec
+
         # The cache of reserved connections mapped to threads
         @reserved_connections = {}
+
         # The mutex used to synchronize pool access
         @connection_mutex = Monitor.new
         @queue = @connection_mutex.new_cond
-        # default 5 second timeout
-        @timeout = spec.config[:wait_timeout] || 5
+
+        # default 5 second timeout unless on ruby 1.9
+        @timeout =
+          if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+            spec.config[:wait_timeout] || 5
+          end
+
         # default max pool size to 5
         @size = (spec.config[:pool] && spec.config[:pool].to_i) || 5
+
         @connections = []
         @checked_out = []
       end
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
               # try looting dead threads
               clear_stale_cached_connections!
               if @size == @checked_out.size
-                raise ConnectionTimeoutError, "could not obtain a database connection within #{@timeout} seconds.  The pool size is currently #{@size}, perhaps you need to increase it?"
+                raise ConnectionTimeoutError, "could not obtain a database connection#{" within #{@timeout} seconds" if @timeout}.  The max pool size is currently #{@size}; consider increasing it."
               end
             end
           end