Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Volker Bandke" To: "Cygwin List" Subject: Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:10:31 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.0.20040730125605.03352b20@pop.prospeed.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Note-from-DJ: This may be spam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Larry, this may be a language thing - English is not my native language) - but the script I provided does show the stated behaviour -it provides enough load in and of itself. As I said, it sometimes fails after 50 or so iterations, sometimes after 15000, but it does fail - and the machine is running no additional load (of course, there is the usual plethora of programs, like Firewall, Virus scanner, etc) The script is not run in a Cygwin box, but from windows using bash httest.bash #!/bin/bash declare -ix ITER; while :; do `let ITER=0` mypwd=`pwd` if test -z "$mypwd"; then echo "Test failed, mypwd is empty" exit 1 else ITER=ITER+1 echo "Next iteration is $ITER" fi done -- With kind Regards |\ _,,,---,,_ ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;, Volker Bandke |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' (BSP GmbH) '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Een schip op het strand is een baken in zee. [A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.] - Dutch Proverb (Another Wisdom from my fortune cookie jar) - -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf Of Larry Hall Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 7:01 PM To: Volker Bandke; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: [cygwin] Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) At 12:17 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >>FWIW, I have a multi-cpu machine and have, in the past, run the >>supposedly failing tests for days without problem. > >On my single-CPU, Hyperthreading machine the error occurs within 30 >minutes, latest, even if no other activity is going on... > Can you provide a test case that reproduces the problem for you? I'm assuming the script you sent in your previous message doesn't reproduce under no-load since you state as much. If you can provide such an example or can describe something I can try that will surely show the problem for you, I'll try it on my HT machine over the weekend. - -- 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/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Security 7.0.3 iQA/AwUBQQqPFh5trGyhAF0wEQKEtwCghZxfCZN4NF2vOrc3XWuWFXgFP78AnjSE ymZXnojfEnuG0UZ7/f+X6Ohx =V8xB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/