From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:42:33 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#37237: mcron randomly stops running jobs Resent-From: Robert Vollmert Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 37237 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 37237@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-guix@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.15671863248648 (code B ref -1); Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:33:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2019 17:32:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54788 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kkl-0002FQ-Um for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:04 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:34594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kkj-0002F7-Vr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37446) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kki-0005bm-0Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:00 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kke-0007OS-G7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:31:58 -0400 Received: from mx2.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.215]:10338) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kke-0007BW-9H for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:31:56 -0400 Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:105:465:1:1:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4205AA10FD for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.117]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id ib0Wt7Z0XPff for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Robert Vollmert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Message-Id: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 80.241.60.215 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) This is the third time I=E2=80=99ve seen this, and this time I=E2=80=99m sure that nothing else happened. I have numerous mcron jobs configured, many of which run every 15 = minutes, and one which runs once a minute. Just now, at 19:22, I noticed the = minutely cron job didn=E2=80=99t seem to run, and saw that one every-15-minute = job which always logs to mcron.log had last run at 18:00. I restarted mcron, and jobs = started running again. There is no timezone confusion either: That = every-15-minute job logged its first run at 19:30. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Feb 21 15:19:42 2020 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Feb 2020 20:19:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48182 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j5Ely-0002BR-CH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:19:42 -0500 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.104]:63433) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j5Elv-0002BA-El for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:19:41 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,469,1574118000"; d="scan'208";a="340016304" Received: from 91-160-117-201.subs.proxad.net (HELO ribbon) ([91.160.117.201]) by mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Feb 2020 21:19:32 +0100 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:19:32 +0100 Message-Id: <87v9nz3d7v.fsf@gnu.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: control message for bug #37237 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) severity 37237 important quit From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:42:33 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#37237: mcron randomly stops running jobs Resent-From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:31:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37237 X-GNU-PR-Package: guix X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Robert Vollmert Cc: 37237@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 37237-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37237.158248265012007 (code B ref 37237); Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:31:01 +0000 Received: (at 37237) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Feb 2020 18:30:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51604 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j5w1i-00037b-77 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:30:50 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55040) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j5w1h-00037P-3k for 37237@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:30:49 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40144) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j5w1b-0007xi-C3; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:30:43 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=48124 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1j5w1M-0004de-F2; Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:30:41 -0500 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= References: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:30:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> (Robert Vollmert's message of "Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200") Message-ID: <87eeulqhq5.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi, Robert Vollmert skribis: > I have numerous mcron jobs configured, many of which run every 15 minutes, > and one which runs once a minute. Just now, at 19:22, I noticed the minut= ely > cron job didn=E2=80=99t seem to run, and saw that one every-15-minute job= which always > logs to mcron.log had last run at 18:00. I restarted mcron, and jobs star= ted > running again. There is no timezone confusion either: That every-15-minut= e job > logged its first run at 19:30. I=E2=80=99ve been bitten by this problem several times already. I suspect = the patch at helps with zombies that mcron tends to leave behind, but I=E2=80=99m not su= re it helps with this =E2=80=9Cstops running jobs=E2=80=9D problem (I=E2=80=99d n= eed to grab a C stack trace of mcron when that happens.) Anyway, let=E2=80=99s get this fixed! Ludo=E2=80=99. From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:42:33 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Robert Vollmert Subject: bug#37237: closed (Re: bug#37237: mcron randomly stops running jobs) Message-ID: References: <878sjxapgc.fsf@gnu.org> <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 37237 X-Gnu-PR-Package: guix Reply-To: 37237@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:11:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1584529862-3584-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1584529862-3584-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #37237: mcron randomly stops running jobs which was filed against the guix package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 37237@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 37237: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D37237 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1584529862-3584-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 37237-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Mar 2020 11:10:37 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39882 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jEWaq-0000vB-In for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:10:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50713) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jEWap-0000v0-4d for 37237-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:10:35 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51139) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jEWaj-0008CC-Em; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:10:29 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=33900 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jEWai-00087y-SZ; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:10:29 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Robert Vollmert Subject: Re: bug#37237: mcron randomly stops running jobs References: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> (Robert Vollmert's message of "Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200") Message-ID: <878sjxapgc.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 37237-done Cc: 37237-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Hi, Robert Vollmert skribis: > I have numerous mcron jobs configured, many of which run every 15 minutes, > and one which runs once a minute. Just now, at 19:22, I noticed the minut= ely > cron job didn=E2=80=99t seem to run, and saw that one every-15-minute job= which always > logs to mcron.log had last run at 18:00. I restarted mcron, and jobs star= ted > running again. There is no timezone confusion either: That every-15-minut= e job > logged its first run at 19:30. When mcron is stuck, it=E2=80=99s apparently stuck in =E2=80=98pthread_join= =E2=80=99, waiting for the finalization thread to terminate: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f7f730d8478 in __GI___pthread_timedjoin_ex (threadid=3D140185229= 293312, thread_return=3Dthread_return@entry=3D0x0, abstime=3Dabstime@entry= =3D0x0,=20 block=3Dblock@entry=3Dtrue) at pthread_join_common.c:84 #1 0x00007f7f730d82dc in __pthread_join (threadid=3D, threa= d_return=3Dthread_return@entry=3D0x0) at pthread_join.c:24 #2 0x00007f7f731d7508 in stop_finalization_thread () at finalizers.c:265 #3 0x00007f7f731d7729 in scm_i_finalizer_pre_fork () at finalizers.c:290 #4 0x00007f7f73250426 in scm_fork () at posix.c:1220 #5 0x00007f7f7324979f in vm_regular_engine (thread=3D0x7f7f6acb79d0, vp=3D= 0x7f7f6b299f30, registers=3D0xafaf, resume=3D1930265720) at vm-engine.c:786 #6 0x00007f7f7324bfd7 in scm_call_n (proc=3D#, argv= =3Dargv@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10bed8, nargs=3Dnargs@entry=3D1) at vm.c:1260 #7 0x00007f7f731cdf58 in scm_call_1 (proc=3D, arg1=3D) at eval.c:485 #8 0x000000000040130c in inner_main () #9 0x00007f7f731e5cfd in invoke_main_func (body_data=3D0x7ffd9b10c3b0) at = init.c:341 #10 0x00007f7f731c835a in c_body (d=3D0x7ffd9b10c2f0) at continuations.c:422 #11 0x00007f7f7324979f in vm_regular_engine (thread=3D0x7f7f6acb79d0, vp=3D= 0x7f7f6b299f30, registers=3D0xafaf, resume=3D1930265720) at vm-engine.c:786 #12 0x00007f7f7324bfd7 in scm_call_n (proc=3Dproc@entry=3D#, argv=3Dargv@entry=3D0x0, nargs=3Dnargs@entry=3D0) at vm.= c:1260 #13 0x00007f7f731cdf39 in scm_call_0 (proc=3Dproc@entry=3D#) at eval.c:479 #14 0x00007f7f7323ac12 in catch (tag=3Dtag@entry=3D#t, thunk=3D#,=20 handler=3D0x7f7f6b2a1420,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3D0x7f7f6b2a1400) at throw.c:137 #15 0x00007f7f7323aef5 in scm_catch_with_pre_unwind_handler (key=3Dkey@entr= y=3D#t, thunk=3D, handler=3D, pre_unwind_hand= ler=3D) at throw.c:254 #16 0x00007f7f7323b0bf in scm_c_catch (tag=3Dtag@entry=3D#t, body=3Dbody@en= try=3D0x7f7f731c8350 , body_data=3Dbody_data@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c2f0= ,=20 handler=3Dhandler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c85e0 , handler_data=3Dha= ndler_data@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c2f0,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3Dpre_unwind_handler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c8440 , pre_unwind_handler_data=3D0x7f7f6b2939a0) at throw.c:377 #17 0x00007f7f731c8940 in scm_i_with_continuation_barrier (body=3Dbody@entr= y=3D0x7f7f731c8350 , body_data=3Dbody_data@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c2f0,= =20 handler=3Dhandler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c85e0 , handler_data=3Dha= ndler_data@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c2f0,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3Dpre_unwind_handler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c8440 , pre_unwind_handler_data=3D0x7f7f6b2939a0) at continuations.c:= 360 #18 0x00007f7f731c89d5 in scm_c_with_continuation_barrier (func=3D, data=3D) at continuations.c:456 #19 0x00007f7f7323984c in with_guile (base=3Dbase@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c358, d= ata=3Ddata@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c380) at threads.c:661 #20 0x00007f7f73127a68 in GC_call_with_stack_base (fn=3Dfn@entry=3D0x7f7f73= 239800 , arg=3Darg@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c380) at misc.c:1941 #21 0x00007f7f73239b68 in scm_i_with_guile (dynamic_state=3D= , data=3Ddata@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c380, func=3Dfunc@entry=3D0x7f7f731e5ce0 ) at threads.c:704 #22 scm_with_guile (func=3Dfunc@entry=3D0x7f7f731e5ce0 , = data=3Ddata@entry=3D0x7ffd9b10c3b0) at threads.c:710 #23 0x00007f7f731e5e92 in scm_boot_guile (argc=3D12, argv=3D0x7ffd9b10c4f8,= main_func=3D0x4012a0 , closure=3D0x0) at init.c:324 #24 0x000000000040118b in main () --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The finalization thread lives its life as if it hadn=E2=80=99t received the =E2=80=9Cstop=E2=80=9D message in its pipe: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (gdb) thread 17 [Switching to thread 17 (Thread 0x7f7f6acb7700 (LWP 44975))] #0 0x00007f7f730e0344 in __libc_read (fd=3D5, buf=3Dbuf@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb= 6a40, nbytes=3Dnbytes@entry=3D1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/read.c:26 26 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/read.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f7f730e0344 in __libc_read (fd=3D5, buf=3Dbuf@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb= 6a40, nbytes=3Dnbytes@entry=3D1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/read.c:26 #1 0x00007f7f731d7497 in read_finalization_pipe_data (data=3D0x7f7f6acb6a4= 0) at finalizers.c:199 #2 0x00007f7f7312d503 in GC_do_blocking_inner (data=3D0x7f7f6acb6a00 "\200= t\035s\177\177", context=3D) at pthread_support.c:1362 #3 0x00007f7f73121d62 in GC_with_callee_saves_pushed (fn=3D0x7f7f7312d4c0 = , arg=3Darg@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6a00 "\200t\035s\177\17= 7") at mach_dep.c:328 #4 0x00007f7f73127a9c in GC_do_blocking (fn=3Dfn@entry=3D0x7f7f731d7480 , client_data=3Dclient_data@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6a= 40) at misc.c:2053 #5 0x00007f7f73239bba in scm_without_guile (func=3D0x7f7f731d7480 , data=3D0x7f7f6acb6a40) at threads.c:722 #6 0x00007f7f731d784b in finalization_thread_proc (unused=3D) at finalizers.c:212 #7 0x00007f7f731c835a in c_body (d=3D0x7f7f6acb6e50) at continuations.c:422 #8 0x00007f7f7324979f in vm_regular_engine (thread=3D0x5, vp=3D0x7f7f6b299= ea0, registers=3D0x1, resume=3D1930298180) at vm-engine.c:786 #9 0x00007f7f7324bfd7 in scm_call_n (proc=3Dproc@entry=3D#, argv=3Dargv@entry=3D0x0, nargs=3Dnargs@entry=3D0) at vm.= c:1260 #10 0x00007f7f731cdf39 in scm_call_0 (proc=3Dproc@entry=3D#) at eval.c:479 #11 0x00007f7f7323ac12 in catch (tag=3Dtag@entry=3D#t, thunk=3D#,=20 handler=3D0x7f7f6b22f740,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3D0x7f7f6b22f720) at throw.c:137 #12 0x00007f7f7323aef5 in scm_catch_with_pre_unwind_handler (key=3Dkey@entr= y=3D#t, thunk=3D, handler=3D, pre_unwind_hand= ler=3D) at throw.c:254 #13 0x00007f7f7323b0bf in scm_c_catch (tag=3Dtag@entry=3D#t, body=3Dbody@en= try=3D0x7f7f731c8350 , body_data=3Dbody_data@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6e50= ,=20 handler=3Dhandler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c85e0 , handler_data=3Dha= ndler_data@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6e50,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3Dpre_unwind_handler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c8440 , pre_unwind_handler_data=3D0x7f7f6b2939a0) at throw.c:377 #14 0x00007f7f731c8940 in scm_i_with_continuation_barrier (body=3Dbody@entr= y=3D0x7f7f731c8350 , body_data=3Dbody_data@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6e50,= =20 handler=3Dhandler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c85e0 , handler_data=3Dha= ndler_data@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6e50,=20 pre_unwind_handler=3Dpre_unwind_handler@entry=3D0x7f7f731c8440 , pre_unwind_handler_data=3D0x7f7f6b2939a0) at continuations.c:= 360 #15 0x00007f7f731c89d5 in scm_c_with_continuation_barrier (func=3D, data=3D) at continuations.c:456 #16 0x00007f7f7323984c in with_guile (base=3Dbase@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6eb8, d= ata=3Ddata@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6ee0) at threads.c:661 #17 0x00007f7f73127a68 in GC_call_with_stack_base (fn=3Dfn@entry=3D0x7f7f73= 239800 , arg=3Darg@entry=3D0x7f7f6acb6ee0) at misc.c:1941 #18 0x00007f7f73239b68 in scm_i_with_guile (dynamic_state=3D= , data=3D, func=3D) at threads.c:704 #19 scm_with_guile (func=3D, data=3D) at thre= ads.c:710 #20 0x00007f7f730d7015 in start_thread (arg=3D0x7f7f6acb7700) at pthread_cr= eate.c:486 #21 0x00007f7f7300891f in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clo= ne.S:95 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This is on 2.2.6 and very likely the same issue as : =E2=80=98finalization_thread_proc=E2=80=99 ge= ts EINTR, by chance =E2=80=98data.byte=E2=80=99 is zero, and so it keeps going instead o= f exiting. Commit e002332b8a136638c2a4fc1a2f2a26541ce0211d moves mcron to 2.2.7, which should fix this problem. \o/ Ludo=E2=80=99. ------------=_1584529862-3584-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2019 17:32:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54788 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kkl-0002FQ-Um for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:04 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:34594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kkj-0002F7-Vr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:02 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37446) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kki-0005bm-0Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:32:00 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kke-0007OS-G7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:31:58 -0400 Received: from mx2.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.215]:10338) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i3kke-0007BW-9H for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:31:56 -0400 Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:105:465:1:1:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4205AA10FD for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.117]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id ib0Wt7Z0XPff for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Robert Vollmert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: mcron randomly stops running jobs Message-Id: <1DDB50D6-8CC4-4617-B2DC-80BCAADE2126@vllmrt.net> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:31:44 +0200 To: bug-guix@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 80.241.60.215 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) This is the third time I=E2=80=99ve seen this, and this time I=E2=80=99m sure that nothing else happened. I have numerous mcron jobs configured, many of which run every 15 = minutes, and one which runs once a minute. Just now, at 19:22, I noticed the = minutely cron job didn=E2=80=99t seem to run, and saw that one every-15-minute = job which always logs to mcron.log had last run at 18:00. I restarted mcron, and jobs = started running again. There is no timezone confusion either: That = every-15-minute job logged its first run at 19:30. ------------=_1584529862-3584-1--