Re: tty problems in recent head?

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:51:31 +0200
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:47:00 -0800, "Peter Wemm" <peter_at_wemm.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Giorgos Keramidas
> <keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
>> Since this part of sched_ule.c hasn't changed in a while
>>
>>    REV CHANGE     AUTHOR
>>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>   1848 171482       jeff               cpu_switch(td, newtd, mtx);
>>   1849 171482       jeff               /*
>>   1850 171482       jeff                * We may return from cpu_switch on a different cpu.  However,
>>   1851 171482       jeff                * we always return with td_lock pointing to the current cpu's
>>   1852 171482       jeff                * run queue lock.
>>   1853 171482       jeff                */
>>   1854 171482       jeff               cpuid = PCPU_GET(cpuid);
>>   1855 171482       jeff               tdq = TDQ_CPU(cpuid);
>>   1856 174629       jeff               lock_profile_obtain_lock_success(
>>   1857 174629       jeff                   &TDQ_LOCKPTR(tdq)->lock_object, 0, 0, __FILE__, __LINE__);
>>   1858 145256     jkoshy #ifdef        HWPMC_HOOKS
>>   1859 145256     jkoshy               if (PMC_PROC_IS_USING_PMCS(td->td_proc))
>>   1860 145256     jkoshy                       PMC_SWITCH_CONTEXT(td, PMC_FN_CSW_IN);
>>   1861 145256     jkoshy #endif
>>
>> any ideas why PCPU_GET() might spin like this?
>
> It isn't.  The 'info' command is misleading you.  It is merely the
> next instruction after returning from cpu_switch().  Something is
> effectively in a yield loop.

Thanks.  I went back to 2008-11-16 15:45 +0000 and I can still see xterm
processes stuck after a while.  Two potentially useful bits are:

1. My `/etc/make.conf' contained after the last restore from backups:

: # Are these two really safe?
: CFLAGS?=	-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
: COPTFLAGS?=	-O -pipe
:
: #NO_CPU_CFLAGS=         # Don't add -march=<cpu> to CFLAGS automatically
: #NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS=      # Don't add -march=<cpu> to COPTFLAGS automatically

I commented both out, to see if it changes things.  If the same happens
without -O2 optimizations, I'll keep going backwards to see if I can
locate the commit that this started happening.
Received on Sat Nov 29 2008 - 14:51:45 UTC

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