Re: Re: call_init in libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11
"Carlos O'Donell" <[email protected]>
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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.