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Re: [patch] Fix watch_thread_num testcase for ppc32
> Five threads looping without a CPU delay really messes up interactive
> performance; that's why I reduced the thread count for schedlock.exp
> recently.
Sounds like a good reason to leave the delay there.
> Sounds to me like a bug in GDB, not a problem with the test.
Yes, probably. I believe there is a signal being missed somewhere.
If i use usleep(0) (calls sched_yield), the testcase runs just fine. But
switching to a delay eventually breaks the test.
Any ideas?
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Luis Machado
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center