> On 31 Dec 2015, at 08:42, William Herrera (via RT) > <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > # New Ticket Created by William Herrera > # Please include the string: [perl #127102] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127102 > > > > This bug (a MoarVM bug or ?) occurs while using 32-bit perl6 (MoarVM, no > JIT), perl6 version 2015.09 built on MoarVM version 2015.09. > > It occurs while using NativeCall to call a proprietary 32-bit .dll in Windows > 10, which is being used for a specialized BIOS hardware interface, so the > source will not work on a generic Windows setup. > > This native call works under Julia with similar parameters. The code "works" > without an error trap if the line for the native call, which is the line > AsWMI_DeviceControl($pos, $colr +& 0xffffff); > > which does the NativeCall to > sub AsWMI_DeviceControl(int32, int32) is native("ACPIWMI") { * } > > is commented out, so it is not in the other code. > > In perl6, the code exits after about 50 calls with the error message: > > ========== > Internal error: invalid thread ID 31457303 in GC work pass > ========== > > The thread ID varies from run to run, but the error consistently occurs after > about 15 seconds of calling about 4 times a second. Before the error, the > call works properly, setting the hardware without problems. >
A *lot* has happened in rakudo since 2015.09. Could you please check if the problem still exists with 2015.12 or later? Thank you! Liz
