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Re: GCC snapshots and mmap problem [Re: GDB hangs on Win2K]


On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 12:20:11PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Can someone check if the problem goes away with thread-disabled Cygwin
>DLL? Note that in my case it's hanging in munmap (unless it's also
>popping up a window on the local box, which I can't see when logged on
>remotely, sigh), which may point to a Cygwin waiting on a lock. Cygwin
>currently uses a single resource lock, even though the basic framework 
>for using multiple locks is there via LOCK_ macros, so a single mismatched
>Set/Release lock may cause problems. I can't check currently since I'm 
>connecting to my home net via modem, and don't have gcc on my laptop.

I don't understand.  If gcc is hung waiting for a resource lock, that
will be made very clear by attaching gdb to the hung process.

I don't see why we have to go the the pain of attempting a rebuild of
cygwin as a debugging technique.

cgf

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