The problem seems to be that my cygwin processes that are always the child or
grandchild of a windows service use a console device that is block buffered
rather than character buffered. So using mintty to start those processes
forces character buffered which solves the problem. I'm looking for cleaner
way to force character buffered IO. Here's an example of the change:
From
chomp(@output = `/cygwin/bin/ps -W`);TO
chomp(@output = `/cygwin/bin/mintty.exe -w hide /bin/dash -c "/bin/ps -W >
/tmp/${PID}.out"; sleep 1; type /cygwin/tmp/${PID}.out; del
/cygwin/tmp/${PID}.out`);
Hopefully someone can suggest a simpler solution.
Thanks!chris
On Thursday, September 30, 2021, 01:26:37 PM EDT, chris.hardison--- via
Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
My cygwin install looks good and things seem to work perfectly for some time
(hours or days), then a cygwin process started by a windows process that is
usually a child process of a windows service written in perl will hang and then
most all other cygwin processes will hang or take a very long time to return.
The simplest example is a call to \cygwin\bin\ps from powershell. That normally
returns with sub-second response time. Once the problem occurs that call to
\cygwin\bin\ps will often take several minutes to return. I've found that
killing all cygwin processes will temporarily resolve the problem.
I've read about redirecting NUL to stdin when making the call to cygwin
processes from windows and that didn't seem to help.
I've tried "set-processmitigation -name \cygwin\bin\ps.exe -disable
ForceRelocateImages" with no real benefit.
I've also tried "\cygwin\bin\dash -c /bin/rebaseall" on startup before the sshd
service starts and that didn't seem to help.
Any suggestions on how to prevent this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!chris
$ cygcheck -v /usr/bin/perl
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\perl.exe - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"perl.exe" v0.0 ts=2021-02-06 11:46
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygperl5_32.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygperl5_32.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-02-06 11:44
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygcrypt-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-05-20 09:20
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-03-29 09:37
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNEL32.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=2010-05-08 14:49
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNELBASE.dll" v0.0 ts=1979-12-01 09:56
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggcc_s-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2020-09-12 12:49
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
$ cygcheck -v /usr/bin/ps
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\ps.exe - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-03-29 09:37
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNEL32.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=2010-05-08 14:49
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNELBASE.dll" v0.0 ts=1979-12-01 09:56
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"ADVAPI32.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"msvcrt.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\SECHOST.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"SECHOST.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"RPCRT4.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\SspiCli.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"SspiCli.dll" v0.0 ts=2036-05-08 21:49
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll (recursive)
C:\Windows\system32\CRYPTBASE.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"CRYPTBASE.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\bcryptPrimitives.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"bcryptPrimitives.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
$ cygcheck -v /usr/bin/ssh
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\ssh.exe - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-1.1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygcrypto-1.1.dll" v0.0 ts=2020-04-08 19:02
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-03-29 09:37
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNEL32.dll" v0.0
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"ntdll.dll" v0.0 ts=2010-05-08 14:49
C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll - os=10.0 img=10.0 sys=10.0
"KERNELBASE.dll" v0.0 ts=1979-12-01 09:56
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2017-03-03 21:51
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggcc_s-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2020-09-12 12:49
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggssapi_krb5-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggssapi_krb5-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-16 03:46
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygk5crypto-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygk5crypto-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-16 03:45
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygkrb5support-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygkrb5support-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-16 03:44
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2021-07-29 03:43
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2020-07-13 13:57
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygkrb5-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygkrb5-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2018-03-16 03:45
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygk5crypto-3.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygkrb5support-0.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygcom_err-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygcom_err-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2019-01-02 01:21
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygkrb5support-0.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygcom_err-2.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cygz.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\Cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll (already done)
C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll (already done)
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