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Date:      Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:06 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Markus Brueffer <markus@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Possible problem with gamin
Message-ID:  <1208625966.38017.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <200804191523.55284.markus@freebsd.org>
References:  <200804151726.00373.markus@FreeBSD.org> <1208585007.15734.61.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <200804191523.55284.markus@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 15:23 +0200, Markus Brueffer wrote:
> Am Samstag, 19. April 2008 08:03:27 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke:
> > On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 17:25 +0200, Markus Brueffer wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm currently hunting down a problem in KDE4 where kded4 (some sort o=
f
> > > super daemon) hangs when shutting down KDE4. kded4 has a plugin for f=
ile
> > > monitoring using the FAM API.
> > >
> > > If I replace gamin with fam, the shutdown works fine, so I'm suspecti=
ng a
> > > problem with gamin.
> > >
> > > Attaching to the hanging kded4 process shows this (full backtrace wit=
h
> > > further debugging data is attached):

Can you get a ktrace of both processes when this problem occurs?

Joe

> > >
> > > [Switching to Thread 0x8103100 (LWP 100101)]
> > > 0x29976e61 in write () from /lib/libc.so.7
> > > (gdb) bt
> > > #0  0x29976e61 in write () from /lib/libc.so.7
> > > #1  0x28fa3152 in write () from /lib/libthr.so.3
> > > #2  0x2977a1f1 in gamin_write_byte (fd=3D13, data=3D0xbfbfd69a "\n", =
len=3D10)
> > > at gam_api.c:535
> > > #3  0x2977a4b9 in gamin_send_request (type=3DGAM_REQ_CANCEL, fd=3D13,
> > > filename=3D0x0, fr=3D0x8254730, userData=3D0x0, data=3D0x811d800, has=
_reqnum=3D0)
> > > at gam_api.c:629
> > > #4  0x2977bc6d in FAMCancelMonitor (fc=3D0x817acb0, fr=3D0x8254730) a=
t
> > > gam_api.c:1413
> > > #5  0x281aaca0 in KDirWatchPrivate::removeEntry (this=3D0x817ac50,
> > > instance=3D0x81bab60, e=3D0x8254704, sub_entry=3D0x0)
> > > at /usr/ports/x11/kdelibs4/work/kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/kio/kdirwatch.cpp:7=
97
> > > #6  0x281a9976 in KDirWatchPrivate::removeEntry (this=3D0x817ac50,
> > > instance=3D0x81bab60, _path=3D@0x834beec, sub_entry=3D0x0)
> > > at /usr/ports/x11/kdelibs4/work/kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/kio/kdirwatch.cpp:7=
71
> > > #7  0x281a9d56 in KDirWatchPrivate::removeEntries (this=3D0x817ac50,
> > > instance=3D0x81bab60)
> > > at /usr/ports/x11/kdelibs4/work/kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/kio/kdirwatch.cpp:8=
73
> > > #8  0x281aa017 in ~KDirWatch (this=3D0x81bab60)
> > > at /usr/ports/x11/kdelibs4/work/kdelibs-4.0.3/kio/kio/kdirwatch.cpp:1=
520
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > top(1) shows that both gam_server and kded4 are in 'sbwait' state.
> > >
> > > This is on RELENG_7 (i386) with gamin-0.1.9_1. Switching between poll=
ing
> > > and kqueue support doesn't make a difference.
> >
> > It would be good to see the backtrace from all gam_server threads to ge=
t
> > an idea what gam_server is doing.  kded4 has written data to the
> > gam_server socket, and it is blocking until the data is drained.
>=20
> Thanks for looking into this. The bt is attached along with matching debu=
g=20
> info for kded4.
>=20
> I'll leave the system running in this state in case you need more data.
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Markus
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