The point is: Linux and threads do not play nicely together when the program crashes. If you want an accurate core remove threaded DNS. Then troubleshoot the core.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:09 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >Subject: RE: Connect/Disconnect Problems > > >Yes I am using threaded DNS - http://www.daimi.au >dk/~jobo/dystopia/snippets/thread_dns_howto.txt - that one > >I can easily reproduce the crash. I do not think that it is >threaded DNS >that is causing the problem, as I know lots of other muds that >use Threaded >DNS - none have this problem. > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Jason Gauthier >Date: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 07:43:45 PM >To: 'Ben'; [email protected] >Subject: RE: Connect/Disconnect Problems > >Are you running some kind of threaded DNS code? > >Do you have a test mud? If not make one... then connect to it 5 times. >Can you reproduce the problem? Reproducability is the key to >fixability. > >If you are not running threaded code, and the mud crashes then the core >that's dumped should be accurate. (check the time stamp) > >Anyway, whenever you can isolate the problem, do so. >Bring up another mud to test with, (run via GDB if you like) >and connect to >it until it crashes. Examine core. > >If you're running threaded stuff, take it out. Rinse, Wash, Repeat. > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:18 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Connect/Disconnect Problems >> >> >>I'm experiencing some problems on my mud where someone >>connects to the mud, >>but does not login, then immediately disconnects. This causes >>the mud to >>crash. The thing that puzzles me is that it only happens one >>in five times. >> >>Using GDB on the mud did not provide any useful data - >nothing that had >>anything to do with the connection code; only ingame commands >>(i know these >>commands wont cause it, as there were no players on the mud, >>when i crashed >>it). >> >>Any ideas? I've searched and searched through the new_descriptor, >>close_socket and close_socket2 functions, but I could not find >>anything in >>there that would cause the mud to crash (I compared it with a >>stock version >>of the code). >> >> >>Thanks, >>Skorpian of Immortal Conflict >> >>-- >>ROM mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >> >
