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 Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:29:39 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin1.dll problem with Hyperthreaded machines (reprise) Message-ID: <20040802162939.GK7344@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <6 DOT 1 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 0 DOT 20040730125605 DOT 03352b20 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> <6 DOT 1 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 0 DOT 20040802104615 DOT 037a8c70 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.0.20040802104615.037a8c70@pop.prospeed.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Note-from-DJ: This may be spam On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:59:28AM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: >At 02:10 PM 7/30/2004, you wrote: >> >>-----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 > >FWIW, I can get this to reproduce in some form on my HT box. For me, it >hangs as described by Chuck McDevitt in >. On my relatively >slow dual processor without HT (933MHz PIII), I also see the same >results. At this point, my input is little more than a "me too" report >but since I did say I'd try to reproduce it over the weekend, I wanted >to provide the feedback for those that might be waiting for it. I plan >to make an attempt to debug this as time permits but I wouldn't let >this statement persuade someone from providing Chris or Corinna with a >machine so they could look at it. For the record I have never doubted that people were reporting real problems. I doubt that Corinna has either. No more "me toos" are required here. So, as Larry implied, either debugging of the problem or the donation of a system is necessary. cgf -- 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/