[1.1.X] Fixed #12399 -- Added handling for memcache timeouts longer than 30 days. Thanks to houdinihound for the report, and gciotta for the patch.

Backport of r12408 from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.1.X@12412 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/memcached.py b/django/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
index 0ff0da32ae..15f3cc0bf8 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/memcached.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 "Memcached cache backend"
 
+import time
+
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import BaseCache, InvalidCacheBackendError
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, smart_str
 
@@ -16,10 +18,26 @@ class CacheClass(BaseCache):
         BaseCache.__init__(self, params)
         self._cache = memcache.Client(server.split(';'))
 
+    def _get_memcache_timeout(self, timeout):
+        """
+        Memcached deals with long (> 30 days) timeouts in a special
+        way. Call this function to obtain a safe value for your timeout.
+        """
+        timeout = timeout or self.default_timeout
+        if timeout > 2592000: # 60*60*24*30, 30 days
+            # See http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/FAQ
+            # "You can set expire times up to 30 days in the future. After that
+            # memcached interprets it as a date, and will expire the item after
+            # said date. This is a simple (but obscure) mechanic."
+            #
+            # This means that we have to switch to absolute timestamps.
+            timeout += int(time.time())
+        return timeout
+
     def add(self, key, value, timeout=0):
         if isinstance(value, unicode):
             value = value.encode('utf-8')
-        return self._cache.add(smart_str(key), value, timeout or self.default_timeout)
+        return self._cache.add(smart_str(key), value, self._get_memcache_timeout(timeout))
 
     def get(self, key, default=None):
         val = self._cache.get(smart_str(key))
@@ -34,7 +52,7 @@ class CacheClass(BaseCache):
     def set(self, key, value, timeout=0):
         if isinstance(value, unicode):
             value = value.encode('utf-8')
-        self._cache.set(smart_str(key), value, timeout or self.default_timeout)
+        self._cache.set(smart_str(key), value, self._get_memcache_timeout(timeout))
 
     def delete(self, key):
         self._cache.delete(smart_str(key))