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author | https://me.yahoo.com/a/g3Ccalpj0NhN566pHbUl6i9QF0QEkrhlfPM-#b1c14 <diana@web> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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diff --git a/open_issues/ext2fs_libports_reference_counting_assertion.mdwn b/open_issues/ext2fs_libports_reference_counting_assertion.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 2b9f28e8..00000000 --- a/open_issues/ext2fs_libports_reference_counting_assertion.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!tag open_issue_hurd]] - - libports/port-ref.c:31: ports_port_ref: Assertion `pi->refcnt || pi->weakrefcnt' failed - -This is seen every now and then. - - -# [[gnumach_page_cache_policy]] - -With that patch in place, the assertion failure is seen more often. - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-14 - - <youpi> braunr: I'm getting ext2fs.static: - /usr/src/hurd-debian/./libports/port-ref.c:31: ports_port_ref: Assertion - `pi->refcnt || pi->weakrefcnt' failed. - <youpi> oddly enough, that happens on one of the buildds only - <braunr> :/ - <braunr> i fear the patch can wake many of these issues - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-15 - - <youpi> braunr: same assertion failed on a second buildd - <braunr> can you paste it again please ? - <youpi> ext2fs.static: /usr/src/hurd-debian/./libports/port-ref.c:31: - ports_port_ref: Assertion `pi->refcnt || pi->weakrefcnt' failed. - <braunr> or better, answer the ml thread for future reference - <braunr> thanks - <youpi> braunr: I can't keep your patch on the buildds, it makes them too - unreliable - <braunr> youpi: ok - <braunr> i never got this error though, that's weird - <braunr> youpi: was the failure during the same build ? - <youpi> no, it was during package installation, and not the same - <youpi> braunr: note that I've already seen such errors, it's not new, but - it was way rarer - <youpi> like every month only - <braunr> ah ok - <braunr> yes it's less surprising then - <braunr> a tricky reference counting / locking mistake somewhere in the - hurd :) ... - <braunr> ah ! just got it ! - <bddebian> braunr: Got the error or found the problem? :) - <braunr> the former unfortunately :/ - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-19 - - <braunr> hm, i think those ext2fs port refs errors may also be due to stack - overflows - <pinotree> --verbose - <braunr> hm ? - <braunr> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-07/msg00051.html - <pinotree> i mean, why do you think they could be due to that? - <braunr> the error is that both strong and weak refs in a port are 0 when - adding a reference - <braunr> weak refs are almost never used so let's forget about them - <braunr> when a ref count drops to 0, the port is automatically deallocated - <braunr> so what other than memory corruption setting this counter to 0 - could possibly do that ? :) - <pinotree> one could also guess an unbalanced ref/unref logic, somehow - <braunr> what do you mean ? - <pinotree> that for a bug, an early return, etc a port gets unref'ed often - than it is ref'ed - <braunr> highly unlikely, as they're protected by a lock - <braunr> pinotree: ah you mean, the object gets deallocated early because - of an deref overflow ? - <braunr> pinotree: could be, yes - <braunr> pinotree: i wonder if it could happen because of the periodic sync - duplicating the node table without holding references - <braunr> rah, libports uses a big lock in many places :( - <pinotree> braunr: yes, i meant that - <braunr> we could try using libduma some day - <braunr> i wonder if it could work out of the box - <pinotree> but that wouldn't help to find out whether a port gets deref'ed - too often, for instance - <pinotree> although it could be adapted to do so, i guess - <braunr> reproducing + a call trace or core would be best, but i'm not even - sure we can get that easily lol - -[[automatic_backtraces_when_assertions_hit]]. - - -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-09 - - <braunr> mhmm, i may have an explanation for the weird assertions we - sometimes see in ext2fs - <braunr> glibc uses alloca to reserve memory for one reply port per thread - in abort_all_rpcs - <braunr> if this erases the thread-specific area, we can expect all kinds - of wreckage - <braunr> i'm not sure how to fix this though - - -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-01-29 - - <gg0> ext2fs: ../../libports/port-ref.c:30: ports_port_ref: Assertion - `pi->refcnt || pi->weakrefcnt' failed. |