[mythtv] Ticket #10770: backend stops responding
Steven Adeff
adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 17:54:35 UTC 2012
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:20 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 12:34:49PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:11 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 11:24:01AM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:19 AM, <noreply at mythtv.org> wrote:
>> >> > #10770: backend stops responding
>> >> > --------------------------------------------+----------------------------
>> >> > Reporter: Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv@…> | Owner: gigem
>> >> > Type: Bug Report - General | Status: closed
>> >> > Priority: minor | Milestone: 0.25.2
>> >> > Component: MythTV - Scheduling | Version: 0.25-fixes
>> >> > Severity: medium | Resolution: fixed
>> >> > Keywords: | Ticket locked: 0
>> >> > --------------------------------------------+----------------------------
>> >> > Changes (by David Engel <dengel@…>):
>> >> >
>> >> > * status: infoneeded => closed
>> >> > * resolution: => fixed
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Comment:
>> >> >
>> >> > In [changeset:ca273324961b95e300890ed40e833249b5460bd8/mythtv]:
>> >> > {{{
>> >> > #!CommitTicketReference repository="mythtv"
>> >> > revision="ca273324961b95e300890ed40e833249b5460bd8"
>> >> > Hopefully remove more scheduler/recorder deadlocks.
>> >> >
>> >> > Change the scheduler to unlock schedLock when calling the recorder
>> >> > synchronously. If the recorder happens to be calling the scheduler at
>> >> > the same time, this allows the recorder's call to grab the lock as
>> >> > needed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Fixes #10647, #10770 and #10771 .
>> >> > }}}
>> >>
>> >> will this be backported to 0.25?
>> >
>> > Yes, but probably not for a few days to make sure it doesn't cause
>> > unexpected problems in master. If you'd like to try it yourself on
>> > 0.25, there is only one hunk that fails to apply and it's trivial to
>> > fix by hand.
>>
>> I'm currently running the patch attached to this ticket, is that the
>> same fix? it's almost run for an entire day no issues yet, but I would
>> give it 72hrs before saying conclusively.
>
> The core changes are the same. The newer version adds some protection
> against an obscure and unexpected race condition and won't miss
> sending a SCHEDULE_CHANGE event.
does that make my testing with it useful at all?
(ie should I bother responding any further or just wait for this to
propagate to fixes?)
--
Steve
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