Mark Kettenis wrote: > From: Ulrich Drepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2000-09-13 6:35:16 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. > > Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't > > think any that had changed that would break the old LinuxThread > > programs. > > First he introduces CLONE_THREAD (or how it was called). This was > fine. But in pre2 ore pre3 he unified CLONE_SIGHAND and CLONE_THREAD > under the new name CLONE_SIGNAL which makes perfect if CLONE_SIGHAND > would be used. But it is. Simply undo this change, separate the two > flags. > > This has been fixed in test8 (final). CLONE_SIGHAND and CLONE_THREAD > are seperate bits again, and CLONE_SIGNAL is both of them or'ed > together. Something else is broken then which only happens to threaded programs on test8 stuff. $ pse|grep defun 88 [nscd <defunct>] exit_notify 89 [nscd <defunct>] exit_notify 90 [nscd <defunct>] exit_notify 91 [nscd <defunct>] exit_notify 1097 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1098 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1110 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1111 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1115 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1116 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1117 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1118 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1124 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1125 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1126 [nslookup <defun exit_notify 1170 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1175 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1177 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1182 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1184 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1190 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1192 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1197 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1199 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 1168 [host <defunct>] exit_notify 14899 [xmms <defunct>] exit_notify 14902 [xmms <defunct>] exit_notify 14903 [xmms <defunct>] exit_notify [...] goes on and on. almost 100 processes stuck now. here's one that is currently stuck: 8243 pan rt_sigsuspend 8244 pan rt_sigsuspend 8249 pan rt_sigsuspend gdb pan 8243 [...] (gdb) bt #0 0x40498d05 in __sigsuspend (set=0xbf7ffab4) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigsuspend.c:48 #1 0x4044f2f4 in __pthread_wait_for_restart_signal (self=0xbf7ffe40) at pthread.c:785 #2 0x4044cfd2 in pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_new (cond=0x80eb4f8, mutex=0x80eebd0, abstime=0xbf7ffd64) at restart.h:26 #3 0x4044d054 in pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0x80eb4f8, mutex=0x80eebd0, abstime=0xbf7ffd64) at condvar.c:381 #4 0x808ade6 in queue_mainloop () #5 0x4044d938 in pthread_start_thread (arg=0xbf7ffe40) at manager.c:241 a kill -9 is the only thing that will kick it, but that yields a zombie. -d -- "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
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