Bug 234465

Summary:	memory test hangs repeatedly
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Hardware Certification Program	Reporter:	George Beshers <gbeshers>
Component:	Test Suite (tests)	Assignee:	Greg Nichols <gnichols>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Greg Nichols <gnichols>
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Version:	5	CC:	jh, martinez
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Description George Beshers 2007-03-29 14:26:56 UTC

Description of problem:
  The multithreaded memory test hangs on SkyNet (768p system).
  The problem seems to be that the termination of one or more
  threads isn't being caught.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
  About 2 out of 3 times.


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  hts certify --test=memory
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Actual results:
  Process hangs forever.


Expected results:


Additional info:
PV 962379
http://bugworks.engr.sgi.com/query.cgi/962379

I will add more information when I can get back onto SkyNet.

Comment 1 George Beshers 2007-04-10 19:17:53 UTC

The information available on this is limited to what can be gleened from
this weekends run.  I had observed the hang twice, but was unable to
reproduce it running a version of the test compiled with -g directly.

I suggest that a timer be added to the program, or a signal handling
routine with an external timer, to terminate the test in the case
of a suspected hang with a core dump.

Comment 2 George Beshers 2007-04-19 22:02:43 UTC

This did not happen the last time I ran the test w/ hts.
After a brief IM with Greg Nichols I believe the bug is fixed.