Image Freezing

Ken Causey ken at kencausey.com
Mon Oct 23 20:57:03 UTC 2006


I got this same result on Linux with VM

3.9-8 #1 Thu Oct 12 09:31:06 CDT 2006 gcc 4.1.2
Squeak3.9alpha of 4 July 2005 [latest update: #7021]

Ken

P.S. So have you tried a 3.9-8 VM?

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 22:35 +0200, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> 
> I've downloaded the image and run what you described on my MacBook  
> Pro using the two following VMs. After some time the execution  
> stopped and the image was responsive as normal. Below I pasted what  
> was at the end of the Transcript in both cases. I guess, this is  
> different than what you expected.
> As I see from your first mail you run a 3.8.8 VM on linux. What might  
> be interesting to try is an old 3.6 VM. In the case of the  problem  
> http://bugs.impara.de/view.php?id=4709 we found out that it does not  
> occur using a unix 3.6 VM.
> Another idea to get more datapoints is to open gdb on the hanging  
> Squeak process and print out the call stacks.
> 
> HTH,
> Adrian
> 
> 
> Mac 3.8.12beta4U
> --------------------
> ........
> 6185: MagmaMutatingProxy
> 15ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject/MaMinimalObject/MaMutatingProxy' name:  
> 'MagmaMutatingPro...etc...
> 6186: MAConditionBuilder
> 10ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject' name: 'MAConditionBuilder' contents: '! 
> Description
> A MA...etc...
> 6187: MAProxyObject
> 13ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject' name: 'MAProxyObject' contents: '! 
> Description
> I represe...etc...
> 6188: MADynamicObject
> 8ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject/MAProxyObject' name: 'MADynamicObject'  
> contents: '!Descr...etc...
> 
> 
> Unix 3.9-9
> ----------------
> ........
> 6186: MAConditionBuilder
> 4ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject' name: 'MAConditionBuilder' contents: '! 
> Description
> A MA...etc...
> 6187: MAProxyObject
> 8ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject' name: 'MAProxyObject' contents: '! 
> Description
> I represe...etc...
> 6188: MADynamicObject
> 8ms addPageAt: 'ProtoObject/MAProxyObject' name: 'MADynamicObject'  
> contents: '!Descr...etc...
> 
> 
> On Oct 21, 2006, at 02:07 , Keith Hodges wrote:
> 
> > Dear Squeakers,
> >
> > If anyone is willing to have a look and to see what they can make  
> > of it.
> >
> > There is an image at ftp.seasidehosting.st
> > username: preloaded
> > password: squeak
> >
> > If you open this image you might try the scalability test and see  
> > how far you can get before the image freezes. The furthest I  
> > managed was about 2500.
> >
> > The procedure is as follows.
> > 1. Firstly a minor fix
> > Go to the method PRPierifySmalltalkClass-class-#exampleProtoObject
> >
> > edit this line
> > model := PRTimingWrapper on: (PRCommandAppScripter onKernelNamed:  
> > 'pier').
> > to match this line (just a minor fix)
> > model := PRTimingWrapper on: (PRCommandAppScripter onKernelNamed:  
> > 'Pier').
> >
> >
> > 2. Open a Transcript to view progress.
> >
> > 3. In a workspace evaluate the following.
> >
> > PRPierifySmalltalkClass exampleProtoObject.
> > PRPierifySmalltalkClass pace: 0.
> > PRPierifySmalltalkClass exampleAllClasses.
> >
> > enjoy
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > Send instant messages to your online friends http:// 
> > uk.messenger.yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
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