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RE: 1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh


On 05 December 2007 18:18, srp wrote:

> windbg stack after answering "Proceed with Format (Y/N)?" is
> 0:002> ~*
>     0  Id: 5bc.ce0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 7ffdf000 Unfrozen
>        Start: format!mainCRTStartup (010067ea)
>        Priority: 0  Priority class: 32  Affinity: f
>     1  Id: 5bc.fac Suspend: 1 Teb: 7ffde000 Unfrozen
>        Start: kernel32!BaseThreadStartThunk (77e617ec)
>        Priority: 0  Priority class: 32  Affinity: f
> .  2  Id: 5bc.d34 Suspend: 1 Teb: 7ffdd000 Unfrozen
>        Start: ntdll!DbgUiRemoteBreakin (7c83fdb4)
>        Priority: 0  Priority class: 32  Affinity: f

  Thread 2 is a special thread created by the debugger to get your process stopped and under debug control by issuing an exception from within the process context.

  Thread 1 is the cygwin signal-handling thread.

  Thread 0 is the actual main application itself.


> 0:001> ~0s
> ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet:
> 7c8285ec c3              ret
> 0:000> k
> ChildEBP RetAddr
> 0006f748 7c82776b ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
> 0006f74c 77e418b2 ntdll!NtReadFile+0xc
> 0006f7b4 71f8b9ba kernel32!ReadFile+0x16c
> 0006f7dc 71f84ea8 ulib!PIPE_STREAM::FillBuffer+0x3c
> 0006f820 71f8523c ulib!BUFFER_STREAM::GetBuffer+0x30
> 0006f898 71f8c72c ulib!BUFFER_STREAM::ReadString+0x44
> 0006f8d4 71f8c857 ulib!STREAM_MESSAGE::ReadLine+0x5c
> 0006f934 01005b8c ulib!STREAM_MESSAGE::IsYesResponse+0x70
> 0006ff44 01006919 format!main+0x992
> 0006ffc0 77e6f23b format!mainCRTStartup+0x12f
> 0006fff0 00000000 kernel32!BaseProcessStart+0x23

> I am unable to step into ~0 without hitting the hang.

  I think all this means is that the thread is in a wait state, as in it has called WaitForMultipleObjects or similar.  The thread is not really hung so much as it is in a not-ready-for-scheduling state, so the kernel is not giving it any cpu time.

> I am able to trace into ~1 after waiting a bit for the initial step to
> complete. ~1 seems to be spinning un-checked.  I see what seems to be a
> regular repeated pattern of cmds here.
> 
> Process Explorer prior to "Proceed with Format (Y/N)?" PE shows the that
> the thread stack is:
>     format.com+<address>
>     ntdll.dll!RtlSetLastWin32ErrorAndNtStatusFromNtStatus+0x59
> 
> After answering (Y/N)? ntdll.dll! goes away.
> 
> No new threads start and the format stack does not change.  The state
> continues to be Wait:Executive and no user or kernel time accumulates.
> Am I missing the thread seen in windbg or am I stuck in the kernel
> somewhere?

  You are seeing thread 0, the main thread, in the wait state.  It might be instructive if you could find out what handle it is waiting for - looking at the presence of "IsYesResponse" in the stack trace, it seems as if despite your pressing Y or N, the key event has not been delivered to wake up the thread.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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