Re: Windows buildfarm members vs. new async-notify isolation test - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Windows buildfarm members vs. new async-notify isolation test
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Msg-id 7221b3b4-fc7f-404d-5cf6-830d3aa6800d@2ndQuadrant.com
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In response to Windows buildfarm members vs. new async-notify isolation test  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Windows buildfarm members vs. new async-notify isolation test  (Mark Dilger <hornschnorter@gmail.com>)
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On 12/2/19 11:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I see from the buildfarm status page that since commits 6b802cfc7
> et al went in a week ago, frogmouth and currawong have failed that
> new test case every time, with the symptom
>
> ================== pgsql.build/src/test/isolation/regression.diffs ===================
> *** c:/prog/bf/root/REL_10_STABLE/pgsql.build/src/test/isolation/expected/async-notify.out    Mon Nov 25 00:30:49
2019
> --- c:/prog/bf/root/REL_10_STABLE/pgsql.build/src/test/isolation/results/async-notify.out    Mon Dec  2 00:54:26
2019
> ***************
> *** 93,99 ****
>   step llisten: LISTEN c1; LISTEN c2;
>   step lcommit: COMMIT;
>   step l2commit: COMMIT;
> - listener2: NOTIFY "c1" with payload "" from notifier
>   step l2stop: UNLISTEN *;
>   
>   starting permutation: llisten lbegin usage bignotify usage
> --- 93,98 ----
>
> (Note that these two critters don't run branches v11 and up, which
> is why they're only showing this failure in 10 and 9.6.)
>
> drongo showed the same failure once in v10, and fairywren showed
> it once in v12.  Every other buildfarm animal seems happy.
>
> I'm a little baffled as to what this might be --- some sort of
> timing problem in our Windows signal emulation, perhaps?  But
> if so, why haven't we found it years ago?
>
> I don't have any ability to test this myself, so would appreciate
> help or ideas.



I can test things, but I don't really know what to test. FYI frogmouth
and currawong run on virtualized XP. drongo anf fairywrne run on
virtualized WS2019. Neither VM is heavily resourced.


Note that my other windows critters jacana and bowerbird which run on
bare metal W10Pro haven't seen this problem.


(BTW, from next week I'm going to be down under for 3 months, and my
ability to test Windows things will be somewhat reduced.)


cheers


andrew


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