Can you generate a testcase which does not use postgres? It should be possible with just stdio.file/stdio.buffer, right? It could also be a kernel bug...
Arne On 01/05/15 10:05, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: >> On 12/16/14 17:39, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: >>> Anyway, I just tested the threading problem on 8.0. >>> Comparable (fatal) results. > > Arne Goedeke wrote: >> What exactly does that mean? Is there a threading bug in pike 8 or is >> there a threading bug in the new postgres module? > > In this case it means that there is a threading bug in Pike 8. > The new postgres module has been performing quite admirably for the > past four weeks in various production systems. Looks stable. > > I tried rewriting the module slightly to fold back threads into > the backend when idle. During that process, I ran into some fundamental > threading wierdness in Pike 8.x > Since there is no cmod in play here, and the changes are in pike > code only, the problem must be in Pike itself. > > However, in an effort to dig out the bug in Pike, I compiled Pike > with various debugging options; which resulted in inconsistent > erratic behaviour (even stranger than the original problem), which, > to add insult to injury, even varies depending on the debugging > level applied. >
