what OS are you on? what build options did you use? On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Michael Jones <m...@proclivis.com> wrote:
> I am trying to debug a lockup problem (and need help with debugging > technique), where hang means a thread stops at a known place during > evaluation, and other threads continue. > > The code near the problem is like: > > ec <- return $ encode command > l <- return $ BSL.length ec > ss <- return $ BSC.unpack ec > > It does not matter if I use let or return, or if the length is taken after > unpack. I used return so I could use this code for tracing, with strictness > to try to find the exact statement that is the problem: > > traceEventIO "sendCommand" > ec <- return $ encode command > traceEventIO $ "sendCommand: encoded" > l <- ec `seq` return $ BSL.length ec > traceEventIO $ "sendCommand: size " ++ (show l) > ss <- ec `seq` return $ BSC.unpack ec > > When this runs, the program executes this many times, but always hangs > under a certain condition. > > For good evaluations: > > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: encoded > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: size 4 > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: unpacked > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: Sending command of size 4 > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: Sending command of size "\NUL\EOT" > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: sent > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: flushed > > for bad evaluation: > > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand > 7f04173ff700: cap 0: sendCommand: encoded > > The lockup occurs when length is taken. > > The difference between the working and non-working case is as follows: > > A wxHaskell callback stuffs some data in a TChan. A thread started at > application startup is reading the TChan and calling the code that hangs. > If it did not hang, it would send it by TCP to another process/computer. > > In the working case the callback pops a dialog, and passes data from one > TChan to another TChan. > > In the failing case, the data is used to generate strings in a wxHaskell > grid, then it is parsed, and a new data is made. The new data is a > combination of old and new pieces of sub data. The shape of the date is > identical, because I am not making any edits to the rows. > > So when data that the callback sends to TChan is unmodified, no hang. But > when the data is used to make text, put it in the gui, process it, and > generate new data, it hangs. > > As a test I modified the code so that the text is not put into the gui. > The results are the same. This indicates it has something to do with > creating strings and then data from strings and mixing old and new subdata. > Strings are created with show. Data is created by pattern matching and > generating numbers from strings. I should also point out that in the > working case, the size of the resulting string is small, say 3. In the hang > case, the resulting string would be long, say 5000-10000. > > I assume there are no limits to the size of ByteStrings or fundemental > issues with the RTS stack/heap that require special settings. > > I am using the following revisions: > > GHC 7.8.3 > base ==4.7.*, > mtl ==2.2.1, > containers == 0.5.5.1, > transformers ==0.4.1.0, > random == 1.0.1.1, > wx == 0.91.0.0, > wxcore == 0.91.0.0, > wxdirect == 0.91.0.0, > colour == 2.3.3, > stm == 2.4.2, > monad-loops == 0.4.2.1, > time == 1.4.2, > old-locale == 1.0.0.6, > fast-logger == 2.2.3, > network == 2.6.0.2, > bytestring == 0.10.4.0, > control-monad-loop == 0.1, > binary == 0.7.2.2, > > I know that nobody can have an answer based on this. But what I am hoping > is either there is some known bug, or someone can guide me in narrowing it > down. The event log does not have anything unusual in it. Other threads > keep running, and I can exit the application normally. The thread does not > throw an exception. It just hangs. > > When I run the app, I just use +RTS -v > > Perhaps there are some other options that might give more info? > > — SNIPPET of log — > > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 5 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 5 stopped (yielding) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 5 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 5 stopped (suspended while making a foreign > call) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 5 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 5 stopped (blocked on an MVar) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 2 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: waking up thread 5 on cap 0 > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 2 stopped (yielding) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 5 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand: encoded > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand: size 3 > WORKS HERE > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand: unpacked > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: Sending command of size 3 > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: Sending command of size "\NUL\ETX" > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand: sent > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: sendCommand: flushed > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 5 stopped (blocked on an MVar) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 2 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 2 stopped (yielding) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 2 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 2 stopped (suspended while making a foreign > call) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 2 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: waking up thread 5 on cap 0 > > … > > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: fetchTelemetryServer: got lock > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 45 stopped (yielding) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 7 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 7 stopped (heap overflow) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: requesting parallel GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: starting GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC working > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC idle > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC done > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC idle > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC done > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: all caps stopped for GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: finished GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 7 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: sendCommand > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: sendCommand: encoded PROBLEM > HERE > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 7 stopped (heap overflow) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: requesting parallel GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: starting GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC working > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC idle > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC done > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC idle > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: GC done > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: all caps stopped for GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: finished GC > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 7 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 7 stopped (yielding) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 2 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: thread 2 stopped (yielding) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 442 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 442 stopped (suspended while making a foreign > call) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: running thread 442 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe544cfea40: cap 0: thread 442 stopped (suspended while making a foreign > call) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: running thread 45 (ThreadRunGHC) > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: fetchTelemetryServer: unlock > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: fetchTelemetryServer > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: fetchTelemetryServer: got lock > 7fe537eff700: cap 0: fetchTelemetryServer: pump seq > > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >
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