IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2011-10-21

[Python testsuite]
<pinotree> [169/340/1] test_logging
<pinotree> python:
  /home/pino/sources/hurd/hurd-20110519/./libpthread/pthread/pt-internal.h:109:
  __pthread_enqueue: Assertion `thread->prevp == 0' failed.
<pinotree> sigh

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-21

<pinotree> am i missing anything, or in libpthread the __pthread_threads
  list does not ever has elements removed from it?
<pinotree> ... thus potentially causing
  "./libpthread/pthread/pt-internal.h:109: __pthread_enqueue: Assertion
  `thread->prevp == 0' failed." because threads can be appended on
  __pthread_dealloc() to the __pthread_free_threads list as well?
<pinotree> maybe reusing the same next+prevp pointers in the __pthread
  struct for more than one list at the same time isn't a good idea...

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-23

<youpi> pinotree: I don't understand the relation between thread->prevp !=
  0 and the __pthread_threads list
<youpi> the list never has elements removed indeed, since libpthread never
  frees __pthread structures apparently
<pinotree> youpi: ye sorry, that relation is indeed nonsense
<youpi> in which condition did you get prevp != 0
<pinotree> i wa trying to find some explaination for the "thread->prevp ==
  0" assertion in the _queue function
<youpi> ?
<pinotree> *was
<youpi> it's not obvious to me how libpthread makes sure the various
  cond/mutex/rwlock make sure that it's not queued several times
<pinotree> yeah
<pinotree> apparently prevp/next are used for lists of held
  waitcond/mutex/rwlock and free threads

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-03-20

<braunr> aw
<braunr> i hit the ext2fs.static: ./pthread/pt-internal.h:122:
  __pthread_enqueue: Assertion `thread->prevp == 0' failed.
<braunr> assertion
<braunr> looks like there is a deadlock on assert
<braunr> which might explain why i never saw progress when i tested that in
  the past

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-04-21

<braunr> damn, there still bugs in libpthread
<braunr> (about prevp not being null when it should i mean)
<pinotree> braunr: found another trigger for that?
<braunr> no
<braunr> it's so random i wonder if it's not a completely unrelated
  corruption
<braunr> pinotree: also, i'm having more of these issues with my custom
  hurd packages that let threads exit after some time from managing ports
<braunr> (i removed the libports_stability patch)
<braunr> i once had this : http://www.sceen.net/~rbraun/darnassus_crash.png

[The assertion failure.]

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-04-23

<braunr> removing the libports_stability patch exposed bugs in libpthread,
  triggering assertions when queueing/dequeue threads from a queue (but i
  don't know which one / in which function)

IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-06-25

<pinotree> braunr:
  https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libmemcached&ver=1.0.17-2&arch=hurd-i386&stamp=1372165732
<pinotree> make: ./pthread/pt-internal.h:122: __pthread_enqueue: Assertion
  `thread->prevp == 0' failed. \o/
<pinotree> (it should rather be /o\, but better pretend not)
<braunr> pinotree: yes, we regularly see it
<braunr> pinotree: how long has the machine been running at this point ?
<pinotree> dunno, you should ask samuel about that
<pinotree> does it happen after N hours/days?
<braunr> a few days of moderate to high activity yes
<pinotree> ah ok
<braunr> and i actually see this error much more often when i disable the
  libports stability patch in the hurd debian package
<braunr> so i guess something is wrong with thread recycling
<braunr> but i wanted to completely rewrite that part with the new kernel
  call i asked bddebian to work on :)

2014-09-15

During a run of the GDB testsuite, I hit C-c, and then saw:

[...]
Running ../../../W._C._Handy/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shreloc.exp ...
^Cexpect: ./pthread/pt-internal.h:131: __pthread_enqueue: Assertion `thread->prevp == 0' failed.
Aborted