[ITP] python-getdevinfo

[Marco Atzeri]

On 19.08.2020 13:22, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 19/08/2020 06:53, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>
>> something looks wrong on test
>>
>> ======================================================================
>> ERROR: test_get_info (tests.getdevinfo_tests_cygwin.TestGetInfo)
>> Test that the information can be collected on this system without error
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File
>> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/src/getdevinfo-1.1.0/getdevinfo/tests/getdevinfo_tests_cygwin.py",
>> line 218, in test_get_info
>>      cygwin.get_info()
>>    File
>> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/build/getdevinfo/cygwin.py",
>> line 101, in get_info
>>      get_device_info(disk)
>>    File
>> "/pub/tmp/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.src/python-getdevinfo-1.1.0-1.x86_64/build/getdevinfo/cygwin.py",
>> line 135, in get_device_info
>>      cmd = subprocess.run([SMARTCTL, "-i", host_disk, "-j"],
>> stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
>>    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
>>      with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
>>    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
>>      self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
>>    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1637, in _execute_child
>>      self.pid = _posixsubprocess.fork_exec(
>> BlockingIOError: [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ran 23 tests in 0.679s
>>
>> FAILED (errors=1)
>> NOTE: These tests won't work correctly without administrator privileges.
>>
>> $ id
>> uid=197609(Marco) gid=544(Administratoren)
>> groups=544(Administratoren),197121(Kein)
> 
> 
> Unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce this issue on my end
> with either 32-bit or 64-bit Cygwin. What happens when you run
> "/usr/sbin/smartctl.exe -i /dev/sda -j" (assuming /dev/sda is a disk
> that Cygwin sees)? Note that the output may include the drive serial
> number - make sure to blank it out if you post the output here.
> 
> If this is on 32-bit Cygwin, this looks like the good old fork bug to
> me, seeing as you're getting "11 Resource temporarily unavailable" when
> attempting to fork. I can't remember what worked to fix that for me the
> last time I had it, might have been antivirus software exceptions. I
> would say that maybe some packages need updating, but given you've been
> releasing packages in the last few days, I highly doubt your Cygwin
> install is out of date.
> 
> If the smartctl command works, could you try running the tests again please?
> 
> Hamish
> 

/usr/sbin/smartctl.exe -i /dev/sda -j

{
   "json_format_version": [
     1,
     0
   ],
   "smartctl": {
     "version": [
       7,
       1
     ],
     "svn_revision": "5022",
     "platform_info": "x86_64-pc-cygwin-w10-b19041",
     "build_info": "(cygwin-7.1-1)",
     "argv": [
       "smartctl",
       "-i",
       "/dev/sda",
       "-j"
     ],
     "exit_status": 0
   },
   "device": {
     "name": "/dev/sda",
     "info_name": "/dev/sda",
     "type": "ata",
     "protocol": "ATA"
   },
   "model_family": "Seagate Mobile HDD",
   "model_name": "ST1000LM035-1RK172",
   "serial_number": "WL10S143",
   "wwn": {
     "naa": 5,
     "oui": 3152,
     "id": 2907615223
   },
   "firmware_version": "RSM7",
   "user_capacity": {
     "blocks": 1953525168,
     "bytes": 1000204886016
   },
   "logical_block_size": 512,
   "physical_block_size": 4096,
   "rotation_rate": 5400,
   "form_factor": {
     "ata_value": 3,
     "name": "2.5 inches"
   },
   "in_smartctl_database": true,
   "ata_version": {
     "string": "ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b",
     "major_value": 2032,
     "minor_value": 31
   },
   "sata_version": {
     "string": "SATA 3.1",
     "value": 127
   },
   "interface_speed": {
     "max": {
       "sata_value": 14,
       "string": "6.0 Gb/s",
       "units_per_second": 60,
       "bits_per_unit": 100000000
     },
     "current": {
       "sata_value": 3,
       "string": "6.0 Gb/s",
       "units_per_second": 60,
       "bits_per_unit": 100000000
     }
   },
   "local_time": {
     "time_t": 1597901572,
     "asctime": "Thu Aug 20 07:32:52 2020 CEST"
   }
}

no change on test error messages, also rebuilding from scratch in an
Admin enviroment