* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
@ 1997-11-11 16:48 dahms
1997-11-12 6:25 ` Chris Faylor
1997-11-12 15:49 ` Geoffrey Noer
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From: dahms @ 1997-11-11 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: vischne; +Cc: gnu-win32, dahms
Hi, you wrote:
: Now, this isn't a problem to someone who knows what the registry editor
: is, yet it transpires that cygwin is referenced in two places by this
: Windows registry, and it is not at all clear exactly _where_ in relation
: to, say, the cygwin.dll registry entry, the `heap_chunk_size' is to
: appear.
I wrote about this at least 3 times without answer!
Some of my monster processes are >100MB, so I can't use Cygwin, but OpenNT
works. Haven't tried UWIN yet...
Bye, Heribert (dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
1997-11-11 16:48 heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll dahms
@ 1997-11-12 6:25 ` Chris Faylor
1997-11-13 10:05 ` Michael Hirmke
1997-11-12 15:49 ` Geoffrey Noer
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From: Chris Faylor @ 1997-11-12 6:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gnu-win32
In article < 009BD297.36878F20.27830@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de >,
<dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
>Hi, you wrote:
>
>: Now, this isn't a problem to someone who knows what the registry editor
>: is, yet it transpires that cygwin is referenced in two places by this
>: Windows registry, and it is not at all clear exactly _where_ in relation
>: to, say, the cygwin.dll registry entry, the `heap_chunk_size' is to
>: appear.
>
>I wrote about this at least 3 times without answer!
>Some of my monster processes are >100MB, so I can't use Cygwin, but OpenNT
>works. Haven't tried UWIN yet...
CYGWIN is a work in progress. It is free software. Source code is available.
Given the nature of the project, unless you capture the fancy of someone
who knows about, or is interested in learning, the innards of fork, you
may have to wait a long time for fixes to become available.
So, there are multiple scenarios available:
1) Dive into the source code and see what you can do to help.
2) Keep posting your problem to the mailing list until someone gets interested
and fixes it.
3) Post wry observations about the state of the code with vague hopes that
things will work "as they should" in the next release.
4) Post diatribes about the stupidity of the current implementation while
making assertions about how "easy" it would be to fix, letting everyone
know that you could fix it but can't because you "don't have time right
now".
5) Respond to posts of similar problems with "I know! I have the same
problem and no one wanted to help me!"
6) Respond to posts that have nothing to do with your problem with "I know!
And, they won't fix my problem either!"
7) Announce to the mailing list that you are going to have to use a competing
product because their code "works".
8) Try posting to the mailing list with the word "NEWBIE" in upper case
and plead pitifully for help on the grounds that you are just learning
C/C++ and barely know how to type. Flatter the people here by referring
to them as "CYGWIN gurus".
9) Post your problem. Post it again. Post it one more time under a different
subject with a little note at the top that says "I'm not sure if this went
out or not so I'm posting it again."
10) Post your problem but refer to the people on the mailing list as
"fellow hackers". Try to engender a quasi-conspiratorial "wink, wink,
say no more" comraderie by throwing in words like "dude" and "the man".
Hope this helps.
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
1997-11-11 16:48 heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll dahms
1997-11-12 6:25 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1997-11-12 15:49 ` Geoffrey Noer
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From: Geoffrey Noer @ 1997-11-12 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dahms; +Cc: vischne, gnu-win32
dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de wrote:
>
> : Now, this isn't a problem to someone who knows what the registry editor
> : is, yet it transpires that cygwin is referenced in two places by this
> : Windows registry, and it is not at all clear exactly _where_ in relation
> : to, say, the cygwin.dll registry entry, the `heap_chunk_size' is to
> : appear.
>
> I wrote about this at least 3 times without answer!
> Some of my monster processes are >100MB, so I can't use Cygwin, but OpenNT
> works. Haven't tried UWIN yet...
I have never run into this problem but it is definitely there. Cygwin32's
fork does not know how to cope with split heaps which should explain the
message. Fixing this might require changing the fork internals to support
an array of heap locations or something along those lines (to take a
guess).
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
1997-11-12 6:25 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1997-11-13 10:05 ` Michael Hirmke
1997-11-13 20:53 ` banders
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From: Michael Hirmke @ 1997-11-13 10:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gnu-win32
Hi Chris,
[...]
>Given the nature of the project, unless you capture the fancy of someone
>who knows about, or is interested in learning, the innards of fork, you
>may have to wait a long time for fixes to become available.
>
>So, there are multiple scenarios available:
>
ROTFL :))
[...]
Bye.
Michael.
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
1997-11-13 10:05 ` Michael Hirmke
@ 1997-11-13 20:53 ` banders
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From: banders @ 1997-11-13 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gnu-win32
Michael Hirmke wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> [...]
> >Given the nature of the project, unless you capture the fancy of someone
> >who knows about, or is interested in learning, the innards of fork, you
> >may have to wait a long time for fixes to become available.
> >
> >So, there are multiple scenarios available:
> >
>
> ROTFL :))
Ditto!
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
@ 1997-11-12 15:49 dahms
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From: dahms @ 1997-11-12 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cgf; +Cc: gnu-win32, dahms
Hi Chris, you wrote:
: So, there are multiple scenarios available:
More or less I used 1), 2), 3), 5) and 7). Hey, prime numbers...
Bye, Heribert (dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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* Re: heap_chunk_size [was:] Towards a more user-friendly cygwin.dll
@ 1997-11-12 15:49 dahms
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From: dahms @ 1997-11-12 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: noer; +Cc: gnu-win32, dahms
Hi Geoffrey, you wrote:
: I have never run into this problem but it is definitely there. Cygwin32's
: fork does not know how to cope with split heaps which should explain the
: message. Fixing this might require changing the fork internals to support
: an array of heap locations or something along those lines (to take a
: guess).
That was also my guess and I know it will be probably hairy to fix.
But now at least I have the workaround (see the messages of the thread).
Misspelling in the error message was the real problem here...
Anyway, I'd like to thank you, Sergey and others for their work so far!
Bye, Heribert (dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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