ECPG still having thread problems - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Philip Yarra
Subject ECPG still having thread problems
Date
Msg-id 200306181458.53252.philip@utiba.com
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Responses Re: ECPG still having thread problems - follow-up  (Philip Yarra <philip@utiba.com>)
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Hi all, it looks like Lee's ECPG (and libpq) thread-safety patches
have been applied, and configure --with-threads is also added. I
have been doing some testing, and I still encounter a
threading problem.

I have done the following:
1) cvs update
2) ./configure --with-threads && make && su -c "make install"
3) compiled cn.pgc as follows:       a) ecpg -t cn.pgc       b) gcc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib \
             -lecpg -lpgtypes -lpthread cn.c 
4) ./a.out - one thread runs to completion (inserts 5 records),       the other hangs (manages one insert, then blocks
forever)

Using gdb, I attached to the LWP that has locked up, and the backtrace
looks like this:

(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x420e0187 in poll () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1  0x4007d8cc in pqSocketPoll () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#2  0x4007d7ed in pqSocketCheck () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#3  0x4007d71f in pqWaitTimed () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#4  0x4007d6f5 in pqWait () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#5  0x4007bb53 in PQgetResult () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#6  0x4007bcbb in PQexec () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so.3
#7  0x40026d81 in ECPGexecute () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#8  0x4002724c in ECPGdo () from /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libecpg.so.4
#9  0x08048927 in ins2 ()
#10 0x40043faf in pthread_start_thread () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0

(The other threads are waiting to pthread_join)

I'd really appreciate it if someone could try this sample app to
confirm whether I am doing something wrong, or my environment is
faulty, or if there is still a thread problem.

Build env:
Linux 2.4.18-3
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)

Philip Yarra.

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