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Subject: RE: GConf2 and clear fork bomb on x64
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:54:36 +0100
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From: "Oliver Walsh" <Oliver DOT Walsh AT ansys DOT com>
To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de]
> Sent: 28 July 2005 13:31
> To: Oliver Walsh
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: GConf2 and clear fork bomb on x64
> 
> Oliver Walsh wrote:
> 
> >>tried to run rebaseall?
> 
> ?
> 
> 
> > There is no error, it fork bombs ie I get 4000 gconftool-2
processes.
> >
> > strace doesn't output anything
> 
> The same with clear?  Interesting ;)
> 
> Would you please attach the output of cygcheck -svr?
> 
> 
> Gerrit
> --
> =^..^=

Just a though, are there any outstanding issues with fork and
hyperthreading/multiprocessor systems?

Ollie


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