Bug#527567: marked as done (eglibc: FTBFS: regression in tst-eintr1)
Your message dated Sun, 10 May 2009 19:19:00 +0200
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and subject line Re: eglibc: FTBFS: regression in tst-eintr1
has caused the Debian Bug report #527567,
regarding eglibc: FTBFS: regression in tst-eintr1
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Package: eglibc
Version: 2.9-11
I've experienced a testsuite failure again:
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| # Testsuite failures, someone should be working towards
| # fixing these! They are listed here for the purpose of
| # regression testing during builds.
| # Format: <Failed test>, Error <Make error code> [(ignored)]
| #
| annexc.out, Error 1 (ignored)
| check-localplt.out, Error 1
| tst-cancelx4.out, Error 1
| tst-cancelx5.out, Error 1
| tst-eintr1.out, Error 1
| ***************
| Encountered regressions that don't match expected failures:
| tst-eintr1.out, Error 1
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The failing test is this one:
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| GCONV_PATH=/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/iconvdata LC_ALL=C /usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/elf/ld-linux.so.2 --library-path /usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/math:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/elf:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/dlfcn:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nss:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nis:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/rt:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/resolv:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/crypt:/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nptl /usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nptl/tst-eintr1 > /usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nptl/tst-eintr1.out
| Expected signal 'Alarm clock' from child, got none
| make[3]: *** [/usr/local/src/deb-src/eglibc/eglibc-2.9/build-tree/i386-libc/nptl/tst-eintr1.out] Error 1
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The tst-eintr1.out file has this content:
.......tf1: pthread_create failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
This is not always reproducible, but running the test repeatedly failed
in 86 out of 100 invocations.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- Begin Message ---
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 05:42:35PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2009-05-10 10:25 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 09:18:56AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >>
> >> 2.6.28.10 does not show the problem (repeated the test a few dozen
> >> times), but all 2.6.29 kernels I've tested have it, including Debian's
> >> official 2.6.29-2-amd64 package. Under 2.6.30-rc5 the test fails as
> >> well.
> >>
> >> Which kernel do you use?
> >
> > I am using a 2.6.28-1-amd64, while the build daemons are using a
> > 2.6.26-2-amd64 one, that's probably why I am not able to reproduce the
> > problem.
>
> It seems I found out the reason why the test fails on my system. To
> protect myself against fork bombs, I've put the following values into
> /etc/security/limits.conf:
>
> ,----
> | * soft nproc 250
> | * hard nproc 400
> `----
>
> Apparently these limits are too low for the high number of threads that
> tst-eintr1 creates, so it gets the EAGAIN error. Something regarding
> thread handling must have changed between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29.
>
> Looks like I have to experiment with the nproc limit, but the bug should
> probably be closed or reassigned to linux-2.6.
>
If the failure is primarily due to limits.conf, my guess is that kernel
2.6.29 is more efficient in creating threads and the limit is reached
earlier. Therefore I think there is no point in reassigning this bug to
linux-2.6.
I am closing this bug with this mail.
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