Re: pthread_kill: signals remain pending after target thread exits

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>]

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On Oct 29 16:16, John Carey wrote:
> > From: Corinna Vinschen [corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:02 AM
> > On Oct 28 10:14, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> ...
> > > > Thanks; that was fast!  I tried replacing cygwin1.dll with cygwin1-20151023.dll .
> > > >
> > > > The original test case now works.  I checked some of my other tests,
> > > > and unfortunately some of them failed, so I extracted out a new test
> > > > case, which is attached.  My guess is that something is subtly different
> > > > about the timing on this test.
> > >
> > > Is this a regression?  Did it work with 2.2.1?
> > 
> > Answering myself here, this didn't work at all in 2.2.1.  I can
> > reproduce the problem and I'm going to take a look.  Not sure if
> > there's a quick solution, though.  This looks like a deadlock
> > situation.  The signal definitely got send, I just don't see yet
> > why it's not handled in wait_sig.
> 
> Yes, test_pending_signal2.c fails in 2.2.1, though the symptoms
> differ: there is no Cygwin process left hanging that cannot be
> killed by a Cygwin signal.
> 
> But both tests appear to pass in Cygwin 1.7.9, so in that sense
> it is a regression, just not a recent one.

The regression here was my original fix.  It didn't clear pending
signals for an exiting thread thorougly enough.  I applied a patch now
which should fix this issue.  I'll upload a new developer snapshot to
https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ later today or tomorrow (still looking
into the PrlFS issue).  Please give it a try.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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