Inquiry: RE: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify thread.

2001-04-26 Thread Jesse Noller
Afternoon All- Basically, I am sending out a pseudo 'help' and bug check. I found this thread ([BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify) from 9/11/2000. I helping write some software, and I think I have ran into a bug similiar to this, first, a quick

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread David Ford
Mark Kettenis wrote: >From: Ulrich Drepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2000-09-13 6:35:16 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. >> Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't >>

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread Mark Kettenis
From: Ulrich Drepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2000-09-13 6:35:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. > Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't > think any that had changed that

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread Ulrich Drepper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. > Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't > think any that had changed that would break the old LinuxThread > programs. First he introduces CLONE_THREAD (or how it

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread David Ford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:28:22 -0700 >From: David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Well, how about backing out the threads change until somebody is >ready to fix everything involved. I haven't the time, depth of >knowledge, or rep for this. At present

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread David Ford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:28:22 -0700 From: David Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, how about backing out the threads change until somebody is ready to fix everything involved. I haven't the time, depth of knowledge, or rep for this. At present the only

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread Ulrich Drepper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't think any that had changed that would break the old LinuxThread programs. First he introduces CLONE_THREAD (or how it was

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-13 Thread David Ford
Mark Kettenis wrote: From: Ulrich Drepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2000-09-13 6:35:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't realize things had changed that broke the old threading model. Did Linus do more than add support for the new thread groups? I didn't think any

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-12 Thread Jamie Lokier
Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: >> I've told Linus several times about this problems but he puts out one >> test release after the other without this fixed. > >This is kinda important, I run DNS tools which are threaded amongst >numerous other threaded programs a lot. What needs to be

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-12 Thread David Ford
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote: >Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:27:30 -0700 >From: David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I've told Linus several times about this problems but he puts out one >> test release after the other without this fixed. > >This is kinda important, I run DNS

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-12 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:27:30 -0700 From: David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've told Linus several times about this problems but he puts out one > test release after the other without this fixed. This is kinda important, I run DNS tools which are threaded amongst

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-12 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:27:30 -0700 From: David Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've told Linus several times about this problems but he puts out one test release after the other without this fixed. This is kinda important, I run DNS tools which are threaded amongst numerous

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-12 Thread Jamie Lokier
Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: I've told Linus several times about this problems but he puts out one test release after the other without this fixed. This is kinda important, I run DNS tools which are threaded amongst numerous other threaded programs a lot. What needs to be done to

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ulrich Drepper
David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Regardless of who does it or whether or not it goes in testX patch, I'd > surely like to have a patch(es) for my systems. Depending on what gets run, > I could easily end up with hundreds+ of hung programs and zombies. This is completely unrelated. The

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread David Ford
Ulrich Drepper wrote: > Ray Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a succinct description of the the thread group changes > > someplace? I'd be willing to take a look at fixing linuxthreads, > > but haven't seen any description (other than the kernel source) of > > what the changes

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread David Ford
Ulrich Drepper wrote: > David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On the recent test kernels, processes get stuck. A kill -9 results in > > zombies. > > The thread group changes broke the signal handling in linuxthreads. > The CLONE_SIGHAND is now also used to enable thread groups but since

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Ray Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a succinct description of the the thread group changes > someplace? I'd be willing to take a look at fixing linuxthreads, > but haven't seen any description (other than the kernel source) of > what the changes are. Or is someone already working

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ray Bryant
Is there a succinct description of the the thread group changes someplace? I'd be willing to take a look at fixing linuxthreads, but haven't seen any description (other than the kernel source) of what the changes are. Or is someone already working on this? Ulrich Drepper wrote: > > The thread

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ulrich Drepper
David Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On the recent test kernels, processes get stuck. A kill -9 results in > zombies. The thread group changes broke the signal handling in linuxthreads. The CLONE_SIGHAND is now also used to enable thread groups but since linuxthreads already used

[BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread David Ford
On the recent test kernels, processes get stuck. A kill -9 results in zombies. # cat /tmp/ps.out PID USER STAT WCHAN COMMAND 1 root Sfillon init [5] 2 root SW acpi_i [kapmd] 3 root SW swap_o [kswapd] 4 root SW brw_pa [kflushd] 5 root SW

[BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread David Ford
On the recent test kernels, processes get stuck. A kill -9 results in zombies. # cat /tmp/ps.out PID USER STAT WCHAN COMMAND 1 root Sfillon init [5] 2 root SW acpi_i [kapmd] 3 root SW swap_o [kswapd] 4 root SW brw_pa [kflushd] 5 root SW

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ray Bryant
Is there a succinct description of the the thread group changes someplace? I'd be willing to take a look at fixing linuxthreads, but haven't seen any description (other than the kernel source) of what the changes are. Or is someone already working on this? Ulrich Drepper wrote: The thread

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Ray Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a succinct description of the the thread group changes someplace? I'd be willing to take a look at fixing linuxthreads, but haven't seen any description (other than the kernel source) of what the changes are. Or is someone already working on

Re: [BUG] threaded processes get stuck in rt_sigsuspend/fillonedir/exit_notify

2000-09-11 Thread David Ford
Ulrich Drepper wrote: David Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On the recent test kernels, processes get stuck. A kill -9 results in zombies. The thread group changes broke the signal handling in linuxthreads. The CLONE_SIGHAND is now also used to enable thread groups but since