At 05:17 PM 4/6/2004, you wrote: >I've been running into a lot of problems with Cygwin on hyperthreaded >machines, when those machines are heavily loaded. > >For example, if I run this script: > >#! /bin/ksh >mypath=$(pwd) >while [[ ! -z $mypath ]] >do > mypath=$(pwd) > if [[ -z $mypath ]] > then > echo "Test Failed......Path is empty" > fi >done > >in one shell, while running a large make in another, it will fail in a >variety of ways. >Under pdksh, it sometimes exits the test because "mypath" is empty, or it >core dumps, or hangs, or gives error messages. >Under bash, it hangs, crashes, or gives error messages (haven't seen it >exit the loop, but I didn't try long with bash). >By "hang", I mean the shell stops using CPU time, and become >non-responsive, and can only be stopped by killing the process. >The problem does not occur if hyperthreading is turned off. > >I've attached the output from cygcheck. > > >Here are some example runs: > >#####Using pd KSH: > >CMCDEVITT> test.ksh >Memory fault (core dumped) > >CMCDEVITT> test.ksh >1861 [exiting thread] ksh 3260 cygthread::stub: erroneous thread >activation > >CMCDEVITT> test.ksh >Memory fault (core dumped) > >CMCDEVITT> test.ksh >Memory fault (core dumped) > >CMCDEVITT> test.ksh > 2259 [exiting thread] ksh 2644 cygthread::stub: erroneous thread >activation > >#####Using BASH: > >CMCDEVITT> bash test.ksh >3 [exiting thread] bash 3752 cygthread::stub: erroneous thread activation >test.ksh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
Please update to Cygwin 1.5.9 and/or try a recent snapshot and report back. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
