Re: [Chicken-janitors] #1395: scsh-process: tests hang

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#1395: scsh-process: tests hang
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            Reporter:  mario       |      Owner:
                Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
            Priority:  major       |  Milestone:  someday
           Component:  extensions  |    Version:  4.12.0
          Resolution:              |   Keywords:  scsh-process, tests, hang
Estimated difficulty:              |
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Description changed by mario:

Old description:

> For some months now scsh-process' tests have been randomly hanging on the
> Linux salmonella machines (maybe also on the FreeBSD machine?).  When the
> test script hangs, it blocks the whole salmonella execution.  On the
> Linux salmonella machines, it hangs at least twice per week (that's a
> very conservative estimate).
>
> I think the problem started around 9 of June.  I realized it on the 14th
> (I know that because I checked the IRC log when I mentioned that).  We
> have a gap between 9 and 14 in the salmonella linux x86-64: https
> ://salmonella-linux-x86-64.call-cc.org/master-
> debugbuild/gcc/linux/x86-64/2017/06/ (I probably only realized the hang
> on the 14th).
>
> The issue might be related to releases 0.8 (2017-05-23) or 0.8.1
> (2017-06-03) of scsh-process.
>
> I've installed a hack on the Linux salmonella machines to periodically
> check if scsh-process' test script is hanging and kill the parent of the
> defunct process (see ec0cffb94f in the chicken-infrastructure repo).
>
> The bad news is that I cannot reproduce the issue on my machine.  I tried
> to run {{{csi -s run.scm  < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1}}} in a loop and
> it ran flawlessly for more than 3500 iterations.

New description:

 For some months now scsh-process' tests have been randomly hanging on the
 Linux salmonella machines (maybe also on the FreeBSD machine?).  When the
 test script hangs, it blocks the whole salmonella execution.  On the Linux
 salmonella machines, it hangs at least twice per week (that's a very
 conservative estimate).

 I think the problem started around 9 of June.  I realized it on the 14th
 (I know that because I checked the IRC log when I mentioned that).  We
 have a gap between 9 and 14 in the salmonella linux x86-64: https
 ://salmonella-linux-x86-64.call-cc.org/master-
 debugbuild/gcc/linux/x86-64/2017/06/ (I probably only realized the hang on
 the 14th).  The logs of the FreeBSD machine also have a gap starting on
 the 9th: https://salmonella-freebsd-x86-64.call-
 cc.org/master/clang/freebsd/x86-64/2017/06/

 Apparently, the chicken core repo didn't have any relevant change around
 that time.

 The issue might be related to releases 0.8 (2017-05-23) or 0.8.1
 (2017-06-03) of scsh-process. The change in release 0.8.1 looks
 particularly suspicious (86310f955).

 I've installed a hack on the Linux salmonella machines to periodically
 check if scsh-process' test script is hanging and kill the parent of the
 defunct process (see ec0cffb94f in the chicken-infrastructure repo).

 The bad news is that I cannot reproduce the issue on my machine.  I tried
 to run {{{csi -s run.scm  < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1}}} in a loop and it
 ran flawlessly for more than 3500 iterations.

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