ActiveRecord’s connection pool is based on threads. Since we are working with EM and a single thread, multiple fiber design, we need to provide our own connection pool that keys off of Fiber.current so that different fibers running in the same thread don’t try to use the same connection.
# File lib/active_record/patches.rb, line 50 def initialize(spec) @spec = spec # The cache of reserved connections mapped to threads @reserved_connections = {} # The mutex used to synchronize pool access @connection_mutex = FiberedMonitor.new @queue = @connection_mutex.new_cond # default 5 second timeout unless on ruby 1.9 @timeout = spec.config[:wait_timeout] || 5 # default max pool size to 5 @size = (spec.config[:pool] && spec.config[:pool].to_i) || 5 @connections = [] @checked_out = [] end