Achim Gratz writes: > I've got my new R2016 server re-configured to only have a single > processor group instead of two (and HT switched off to match the > available memory better to my median memory usage per core). > > However, top still spuriously exits (I originally thought it had to do > with top not being processor group aware). When starting it in an RDP > session in mintty, it will most of the time exit without any output at > all or after clearing the screen. Running it remotely via ssh through > screen / tmux it'll typically exit while in the middle the first refresh > (after the initial display) partially emitted. Piping stdout and stderr > through less or into a file will often show the error message > > top: failed openproc: Bad address > > before the exit. Running it via strace in a separate window it keeps > working just fine. I think it may be hitting a race condition, but I'm > running out of ideas with this Heisenbug. > > Is anyone seeing something similar and/ or having suggestion for a > workaround?
The issue seems to be solved with the test version of Cygwin 2.11.0 as well as a different problem I've had with GNU parallel on the same machine. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
