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Date:	Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:54:52 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: 64bit cygwin 2.4.0-0.4 hangs when pinging unresponsive host
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On Nov 27 16:47, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 27/11/2015 16:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>>  64 $ ping 2.2.2.2
> >>>>PING 2.2.2.2 (2.2.2.2): 56 data bytes
> >>>>
> >>>>----2.2.2.2 PING Statistics----
> >>>>2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>the problem seems restricted to the 64bit test version of cygwin.
> >>
> >>I think this is pure coincidence.  After some hours debugging this
> >>problem it seems it's a race condition, architecture-independent and
> >>present since quite a while in Cygwin.  In case of ping the race leads
> >>to a blocking socket function missing a signal arrived, thus the
> >>signal is never handled.  This in turn blocks the next signal from being
> >>delivered.
> >>
> >>I have a potential fix, but I have to test it a bit.  The signal code
> >>is pretty complicated...
> >
> >I created a new developer snapshot (https://cygwin.com/snapshots/) and
> >I'm just about writing the release message for the next test release
> >2.4.0-0.5 which both contain a patch for this problem.  Please give
> >any of them a try.
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Corinna
> >
>=20
>=20
> It works fine for me

Good start.  Thanks for your feedback.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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