[issue12539] multiprocessing.Event.wait(n) doesn't time out properly

2011-07-12 Thread mokrates
mokrates added the comment: > Are you using a 2.6.38 kernel? Yes > There was a regression in early 2.6.38 kernels that caused FUTEX_WAIT > with a timeout to never return after a suspend-resume, see: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/13/23 Ah, thank you, that explains why gajim has

[issue12539] multiprocessing.Event.wait(n) doesn't time out properly

2011-07-11 Thread mokrates
New submission from mokrates : Following is my problem: I have two processes, connected via multiprocessing.Event The one waits for the other with .wait(300). After 300 seconds it should look if there's work, even if it has not been awoken by the other process. So. This runs on my Laptop