GNU bug report logs - #7489
[coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: DJ Lucas <dj <at> linuxfromscratch.org>

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #83 received at 7489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chen Guo <chen.guo.0625 <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: DJ Lucas <dj <at> linuxfromscratch.org>, 7489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7489: [coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:22:58 -0800

Hi Professor Eggert,
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>  (for i in $(seq 12); do read line; echo $i; sleep .1; done
>  cat > /dev/null) < fifo &
>  (ulimit -t 1; ./sort in > fifo \
>  || echo killed via $(env kill -l $(expr $? - 128)))

I ran this 10 times or so on an i7 and couldn't trigger anything. Is
seq 12 supposed to vary depending on the number of cores?
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