Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 03:55:01AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >Brian Dessent wrote: >>I expect that after 1.5.20 is out the door an updated gdb binary >>package will happen, > > will _eventually_ happen > >...as in, I'm not the gdb maintainer and don't pretend to presume any >kind of implied s

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 05/08/2006, clayne wrote: Is there any form of profiling, etc. enabled in the snap builds? Snapshots have separately downloadable debug symbols, if that would help in this case... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 89

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread clayne
One thing about this 4-27 snap, and I noticed it with 4-03 as well (which I reverted from a while ago) is that disk i/o appears to be ridiculously slow in comparison to 1.5.19. In rough estimation, I'd have to say a 50% reduction in I/O throughput. I notice it while working with mass updating of f

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Dessent wrote: > I expect that after 1.5.20 is out the door an updated gdb binary package > will happen, will _eventually_ happen ...as in, I'm not the gdb maintainer and don't pretend to presume any kind of implied schedule. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubsc

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Brian, much better. The issue was that I could not find any reference > to the problem ever being fixed - just a lot of threads where people were > ending with "yea you gotta hit continue - it sucks." Right. It was reported often, and because of that there was a

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread clayne
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:44:37AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:01:00AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: > > > > Rather than work-arounds, why not just use a recent build of gdb that > > doesn't suffer from this problem? The issue was fixed in CVS earlier > > this ye

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread clayne
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:01:00AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: > > Rather than work-arounds, why not just use a recent build of gdb that > doesn't suffer from this problem? The issue was fixed in CVS earlier > this year. But do note that it requires functionality not present in > Cygwin 1.5.19,

Re: pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Someone throw me a bone here, please. Rather than work-arounds, why not just use a recent build of gdb that doesn't suffer from this problem? The issue was fixed in CVS earlier this year. But do note that it requires functionality not present in Cygwin 1.5.19, so you'

pthread_mutex_init + gdb issue again

2006-05-08 Thread clayne
Alright, I'm aware of the "check for invalid memory region and throw exception" issue present when debugging pthread applications under gdb and that the actual segfault is innocuous. However, the following solutions: 1. "handle SIGSEGV nostop" "handle SIGTRAP nostop" 2. (hit continue on every