Thread.new do file = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/restart" did_exist = nil old_time = nil return if $PROGRAM_NAME !~ /thin/ processes = {} got_new = false MessageBus.subscribe "/processes" do |msg| filetime = msg.data["filetime"] pid = msg.data["pid"] got_new = processes[pid].nil? || (processes[pid][:filetime] != filetime) # puts "#{got_new} #{pid}" processes[pid] = {time: Time.now.to_i, filetime: filetime} end while true exists = File.exists? file time = File.ctime(file).to_i if exists if (did_exist != nil && did_exist != exists) || (old_time != nil && time != nil && old_time != time) got_new = false probably_restarted = [] give_up_time = Time.now.to_i + 60 while Time.now.to_i < give_up_time candidates = [] processes.each do |pid,data| if data[:filetime] == old_time && data[:time] > Time.now.to_i - 40 candidates << pid end end candidates = candidates - probably_restarted break if (candidates.min || $$) >= $$ sleep 1 probably_restarted << candidates.min if got_new got_new = false end Rails.logger.info "attempting to reload #{$$} #{$PROGRAM_NAME} in 3 seconds restarted #{probably_restarted.inspect}" $shutdown = true sleep 4 Rails.logger.info "restarting #{$$}" Process.kill("HUP", $$) break end MessageBus.publish "/processes", {pid: $$, filetime: time} did_exist = exists old_time = time sleep 10 end end