Hi! On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:16:16 +0200, Gabriele Giacone <[email protected]> wrote: > retitle 629184 fifo translators don't die
> To reproduce, create and use 1024 names pipes. System will crash with failed > assertion in question or ipc_task_init panic. > e.g. You might reproduce it by rebuilding gnash package with > --with-swfdec-testsuite > configure option. Ouch. But at least you finally figured out what's going on. > It'd create, use and remove many fifos but translators would remain > present until limit is reached. <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17128> > Workaround (thanks braunr): rebuild gnumach increasing TASK_MAX. 2048 will > suffice to get a complete build. Bigger values won't hurt. Obviously, the artificial limit should go (but that may be nontrivial). (And it's only one of several.) And, a fifo process should terminate as soon as it is not ``reachable'' anymore (no senders notification?). Grüße, Thomas
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