[M3devel] [CM3] #1078: RandomTest crash in FileWr

[Olaf Wagner]

Quoting CM3 <bugs at elego.de>:

> #1078: RandomTest crash in FileWr
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>   Reporter:  peter.mckinna at gmail.com  |            Owner:  wagner
>       Type:  sw-bug                   |           Status:  new
>   Priority:  low                      |        Milestone:
>  Component:  libs                     |          Version:  5.8-RC2
>   Severity:  non-critical             |         Keywords:
>    Relnote:                           |     Confidential:  no
>        Org:                           |   Estimatedhours:  0
>      Hours:  0                        |         Billable:  1
> Totalhours:  0                        |
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> Htr:
> Just compile the RandomTest program and run.
>
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> Fix:
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> Env:
> My environment is AMD-64 linux Debian Lenny
>
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>  RandomTest crashes with FileWr.Error not in raises list
>  in FileWr.m3 line 81
>
>  This is a random (pun-intended) error. Sometimes the program completes ok.
>  Some tests seem to always work but the perm test nearly always fails, as
>  well as the testseedgenerator.
>
>  If you replace the AutoFlushWr and set stdout := Stdio.stdout
>  then the problem seems to disappear.

This error does not show up in the Hudson regression, so either the
program is not run there in the way you do (and we should add that)
or it is really very intermittent.

>  One odd thing when the crash occurs there are 3 threads of which 2 appear
>  to be duplicate backtraces., except the stack of one appears wierd with
>  frame 0 at the bottom of the backtrace.

I'm sure a complete set of thread stacks might be helpful.

Olaf
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