GNU bug report logs - #28111
qemu testsuite fails

Previous Next

Full log

Message #26 received at 28111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 28111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28111: qemu testsuite fails
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:03:33 +0100

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>>
>>> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> skribis:
>>>
>>>> My previous snippet didn't include the actual error
>>>>
>>>> TEST: tests/test-hmp... (pid=27743)
>>>>   /arm/hmp/integratorcp:                                               OK
>>>>   /arm/hmp/nuri:                                                       qemu-system-arm: cannot set up guest memory 'exynos4210.dram0': Cannot allocate memory
>>>> Broken pipe
>>>> FAIL
>>>> GTester: last random seed: R02S53adf2b44f1ff46cb48bd55ebce8854c
>>>> (pid=27751)
>>>>   /arm/hmp/mps2-an511:                                                 OK
>>>>   /arm/hmp/verdex:                                                     OK
>>>>   /arm/hmp/ast2500-evb:                                                OK
>>>>   /arm/hmp/smdkc210:                                                   qemu-system-arm: cannot set up guest memory 'exynos4210.dram0': Cannot allocate memory
>>>> Broken pipe
>>>> FAIL
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to build QEMU again with the same guix version and succeed.
>>>> So Like previously reported this is underterministic.
>>>
>>> Could the initial error be the result of insufficient memory?
>>
>> Maybe.  I don't recall if I was doing something memory intensive while
>> compiling.  Given that I have 8Gb of RAM and that, QEMU test suite seems
>> quite greedy.
>
> Ohh I think the memory issue might be related to the fact I running the
> commands from Emacs shell-mode.  I have encoutered a memory issue with
> Emacs when running ‘guix system build’.  After the compilation process
> stopped Emacs was still using more than 5Gb of RAM.

Oh yes, that could definitely be the culprit.  :-/

I guess we can close this bug and reopen it if this diagnosis turned out
to be wrong.

Ludo’.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.