printf + pthreads+gdb+mintty = hang?

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Wed May 8 18:36:00 GMT 2013


On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 04:22:23PM -0400, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Running the attached STC inside gdb hangs (zero CPU util, have to kill 
>gdb from Task Manager, killing a.exe doesn't cut it).
>
>Compile line used: g++ -Wall -g -mthreads -DBUG bug.cpp
>
>I currently have the following package versions:
>cygwin-1.7.18(0.263/5/3) 2013-04-19
>mintty-1.1.3-1
>gdb-7.6.50-1
>gcc-4.5.3-3
>
>The problem seems to be related to threads calling fprintf inside gdb, 
>it runs fine from the command line, or with printf instead; both fprintf 
>and printf sometimes trigger "warning: SuspendThread failed. (winerr 6)" 
>(not sure if that matters).
>
>Known issue? Easy workaround? New bug?

Known, long-standing issue.  I put a workaround in the latest snapshot.

cgf

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