Re: 20050208 snapshot = yay! (Was: Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1)

2005-02-09 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 12:27:34PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: >Rolf Campbell wrote: >>This test does fail (in the same way) on non-hyperthreaded machines >>(Win2000Pro on a PIII). But, this is a regression from 1.5.12 (that >>test runs fine on the non-HT machine with 1.5.12. There was (maybe

20050208 snapshot = yay! (Was: Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1)

2005-02-09 Thread Rolf Campbell
Rolf Campbell wrote: This test does fail (in the same way) on non-hyperthreaded machines (Win2000Pro on a PIII). But, this is a regression from 1.5.12 (that test runs fine on the non-HT machine with 1.5.12. There was (maybe still is) a problem with running "make -j" without the max task counte

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-08 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: 08 February 2005 08:48 > On Feb 8 09:31, J?rg Schaible wrote: > > Brian Gallew wrote on Monday, February 07, 2005 2:18 PM: > > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >> Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreadi

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-08 Thread Nick Coghlan
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:17:52AM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: Which system configuration did you use to recreate the problem? I got enough donations to purchase the following: Motherboard: ASUS P4P800SE Memory: 1G CPU: CPU P4/3.0EGHz 800M 478P/1MB HT RT HD: Samsung 1

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 8 09:31, J?rg Schaible wrote: > Brian Gallew wrote on Monday, February 07, 2005 2:18 PM: > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have > >> run three invocations of the scripts for four days without a hiccup. > >> Previously, I had pr

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-08 Thread Jörg Schaible
Brian Gallew wrote on Monday, February 07, 2005 2:18 PM: > Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have >> run three invocations of the scripts for four days without a hiccup. >> Previously, I had problems within minutes. > > Go, you! Someone s

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christopher, thanks for the explanation (I read, and even understood it) Good job (Explanation and partial fix). With kind Regards|\

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
e- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:44 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1 > > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:17:52AM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: > >W

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Dave Korn wrote: I thought you meant CGF should be promoted to Sherriff! Oh no! He's much to mean for being promoted to Sherriff. Think of the children! But those gold stars are more then well deserved. Thanks cgf! Regards mks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple P

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:17:52AM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: >Which system configuration did you use to recreate the problem? I got enough donations to purchase the following: Motherboard:ASUS P4P800SE Memory: 1G CPU:CPU P4/3.0EGHz 800M 478P/1MB HT RT HD: Sa

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:32:09AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>On Feb 7 08:17, Brian Gallew wrote: > >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: > Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems.

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of CV > Sent: 07 February 2005 18:54 > CV hotmail.com> writes: > > Another vote for the silver star ! > > Oops, I meant the gold star of course ! > > Cheers CV > I thought you meant CGF should be promoted to Sherriff! cheers

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread CV
CV hotmail.com> writes: > Another vote for the silver star ! Oops, I meant the gold star of course ! Cheers CV -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread CV
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > I'm not naive enough to think that I've solved all of the hyperthreading > problems but I would like people to try today's snapshot (or any > snapshot newer than today's) and report on whether it solves the problem > or not. If it doesn't, please provide

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Rolf Campbell
Volker Bandke wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rolf, a) Your test case fails on my machine as well, right at the beginning b) I seem to remember that there was/is a separate problem with "make - -j", even on non-hyperthreasd machines. Unfortunately I cannot search

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:32:09AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>On Feb 7 08:17, Brian Gallew wrote: >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have run three invocations of the scripts for fou

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 7 08:17, Brian Gallew wrote: > > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have run > > >three invocations of the scripts for four days without a hiccup. > > >Previously, I had problems within

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 7 08:17, Brian Gallew wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have run > >three invocations of the scripts for four days without a hiccup. > >Previously, I had problems within minutes. > > Go, you! Someone should give you a gold

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Brian Gallew
Christopher Faylor wrote: Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have run three invocations of the scripts for four days without a hiccup. Previously, I had problems within minutes. Go, you! Someone should give you a gold star for this. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygw

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rolf, a) Your test case fails on my machine as well, right at the beginning b) I seem to remember that there was/is a separate problem with "make - -j", even on non-hyperthreasd machines. Unfortunately I cannot search the mailing list ri

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, the test case I have been using is now running for 12 ours, and has done several million iterations. From that point of view the problem seems to be fixed. Now to run the "real" test case - building Hercules Which system configuration did

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Rolf Campbell
Christopher Faylor wrote: [...] Anyway, I took a look at the pipe handling code for the 457th time and this time I saw a couple of obvious flaws in my logic. The synchronization was all off. Fixing that seems to have fixed my hyperthreading problems. I have run three invocations of the scripts fo

Re: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 07:22:48PM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: >I have started my test script about half an hour ago, and it is still >running. It never managed to do that before. This could be a good >sign. Now, the snapshot DLL is far larger than the standard dll (I >would ASSume because of de

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have started my test script about half an hour ago, and it is still running. It never managed to do that before. This could be a good sign. Now, the snapshot DLL is far larger than the standard dll (I would ASSume because of debug info). Can t

hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
I have a system set up now so, last week, in between real work fire drills and the sourceware.org emergency, I tried running a couple of the scripts that were advertised as causing problems. Well, whaddaya know? I got a hang and/or "other weird behavior". After checking backtraces on a couple of