Re: Re: call_init in libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11

"Carlos O'Donell" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.hppa
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2/19/07, John David Anglin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What is the "thread timing bug"?
>
> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2006-December/030969.html
>
> I presume this is the same bug as you reported here:
> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2007-February/031200.html
>
> In the java case, the tests that fail are always thread intensive.
> I should note that when a test times out in the gcc testsuite (other
> than in the acats suite), expect tries to kill off the processes
> that have timed out.  Yet, sometimes the processes survive and killing
> the initial process causes a system crash.  Also, the system often
> fails to reboot when it panics.
>
> There's some timing aspect to this bug.  I have the strong impression
> that it occurs mainly on fast processors.

I posted a testcase here that always crashes the kernel:
http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2007-February/031250.html

I'm trying to build my kernel with debugging but my current
configuration doesn't boot.

Cheers,
Carlos.
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