commit f1d3d273b14a40859229c0d03bc4b2b16e2d93c2
author Sapan Bhatia <gwsapan@gmail.com> Mon Aug 18 02:24:22 2014 -0400
committer Sapan Bhatia <gwsapan@gmail.com> Mon Aug 18 02:24:22 2014 -0400
tree a7d6a0de7f4804f9e8423b883847a661a8cd3bb4
parent 6810db24d99643479924046a6587c10fc9ad5ad8

Trying to commit an unsaved object with fields set causes the database
to lock up.

planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.py

diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.py
index d5f7523..31fec04 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.py
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
                 except:
                     o.backend_status = str(e)
 
-                o.save(update_fields=['backend_status'])
+                if (o.pk):
+                    o.save(update_fields=['backend_status'])
 
                 logger.log_exc("sync step failed!")
                 failed.append(o)

planetstack/openstack_observer/syncstep.py

diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/syncstep.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/syncstep.py
index c77c8d5..324829d 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/syncstep.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/syncstep.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
                 except:
                     o.backend_status = str(e)
 
-                o.save(update_fields=['backend_status'])
+                if (o.pk):
+                    o.save(update_fields=['backend_status'])
 
                 logger.log_exc("sync step failed!")
                 failed.append(o)