32-bit powerpc: bjam stuck compute-bound during poudriere bulk build of devel/boost-libs (during staging)

Sun May 26 05:31:58 UTC 2019

[I retried the build.]

On 2019-May-25, at 19:49, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In over 16 minutes of CPU time the log file had 4 lines added:
> 
>    - zlib                     : yes (cached)
>    - bzip2                    : yes (cached)
>    - lzma                     : yes (cached)
>    - zstd                     : no  (cached)
> 
> after:
> 
>    - BOOST_COMP_GNUC >= 4.3.0 : yes (cached)
> 
> Using truss showed lack of activity but for rare mmap or clock_gettime
> calls.
> 
> Attaching with gdb showed a backtrace like:
> 
> (gdb) bt
> #0  object_validate (obj=<optimized out>) at object.c:244
> #1  0x0181a10c in object_equal (lhs=<optimized out>, rhs=<optimized out>) at object.c:334
> #2  0x01815378 in list_in (l=<optimized out>, value=0x44757c9c) at lists.c:345
> #3  0x01815418 in list_is_sublist (sub=<optimized out>, l=0x4b826ec0) at lists.c:308
> #4  0x0180fa70 in function_run (function_=0x41b07800, frame=0xffff9be0, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4128
> #5  0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x41b8e89c, rulename=0x41b1becc, frame=0xffff9be0) at compile.c:150
> #6  0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffff9be8, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=2, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #7  function_run (function_=0x41bf3580, frame=0xffff9e14, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #8  0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4209fadc, rulename=0x420bf25c, frame=0xffff9e14) at compile.c:150
> #9  0x0180f8f0 in function_call_member_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0x41ae9c5c, rulename=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:605
> #10 function_run (function_=0x42067140, frame=0xffffa120, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4628
> #11 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x420a18dc, rulename=0x420b262c, frame=0xffffa120) at compile.c:150
> #12 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffa128, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #13 function_run (function_=0x420cef00, frame=0xffffa354, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #14 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x42095334, rulename=0x420c063c, frame=0xffffa354) at compile.c:150
> #15 0x0180f8f0 in function_call_member_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0x41ae9c5c, rulename=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:605
> #16 function_run (function_=0x420cdbc0, frame=0xffffa660, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4628
> #17 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4209402c, rulename=0x41b9ce2c, frame=0xffffa660) at compile.c:150
> #18 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffa668, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=3, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #19 function_run (function_=0x42227180, frame=0xffffa900, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #20 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4227d26c, rulename=0x41b9c73c, frame=0xffffa900) at compile.c:150
> #21 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffa908, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=3, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #22 function_run (function_=0x422ac8c0, frame=0xffffaba0, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #23 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4227cec4, rulename=0x41ba222c, frame=0xffffaba0) at compile.c:150
> #24 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffaba8, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #25 function_run (function_=0x42227700, frame=0xffffae40, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #26 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4226601c, rulename=0x422ad26c, frame=0xffffae40) at compile.c:150
> #27 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffae48, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #28 function_run (function_=0x422ac880, frame=0xffffb074, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #29 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x4227ceac, rulename=0x41b9a54c, frame=0xffffb074) at compile.c:150
> #30 0x0180f8f0 in function_call_member_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0x41ae9c5c, rulename=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:605
> #31 function_run (function_=0x42067140, frame=0xffffb380, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4628
> #32 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x420a18dc, rulename=0x420b262c, frame=0xffffb380) at compile.c:150
> #33 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffb388, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #34 function_run (function_=0x420cef00, frame=0xffffb5b4, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #35 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x42095334, rulename=0x420c063c, frame=0xffffb5b4) at compile.c:150
> #36 0x0180f8f0 in function_call_member_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0x41ae40ec, rulename=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:605
> #37 function_run (function_=0x41b25980, frame=0xffffba30, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4628
> #38 0x0181b1c8 in parse_impl (frame=0xffffba30) at parse.c:55
> #39 0x018100ec in function_run (function_=0x41871d80, frame=0xffffba30, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4860
> #40 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x41a7cd54, rulename=0x41aaf98c, frame=0xffffba30) at compile.c:150
> #41 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffba38, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=3, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #42 function_run (function_=0x41b25100, frame=0xffffbcd0, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #43 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x41aa83f4, rulename=0x41aaf74c, frame=0xffffbcd0) at compile.c:150
> #44 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffbcd8, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #45 function_run (function_=0x41871640, frame=0xffffc250, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #46 0x0181b1c8 in parse_impl (frame=0xffffc250) at parse.c:55
> #47 0x018100ec in function_run (function_=0x41871340, frame=0xffffc250, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4860
> #48 0x0181b1c8 in parse_impl (frame=0xffffc250) at parse.c:55
> #49 0x018100ec in function_run (function_=0x41871280, frame=0xffffc250, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4860
> #50 0x01801fe0 in evaluate_rule (rule=0x41aa8394, rulename=0x41aaf1ac, frame=0xffffc250) at compile.c:150
> #51 0x01810798 in function_call_rule (line=<optimized out>, file=0xffffc258, unexpanded=<optimized out>, n_args=1, s=<optimized out>, frame=<optimized out>, function=<optimized out>)
>    at function.c:493
> #52 function_run (function_=0x418712c0, frame=0xffffccc8, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4617
> #53 0x0181b1c8 in parse_impl (frame=0xffffccc8) at parse.c:55
> #54 0x018100ec in function_run (function_=0x41871100, frame=0xffffccc8, s=0x1844fb4 <result>) at function.c:4860
> #55 0x0181b1c8 in parse_impl (frame=0xffffccc8) at parse.c:55
> #56 0x018140d0 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, arg_environ=<optimized out>) at jam.c:619

The retry did not get stuck where indicated --or at all so
far. (But it is still building.)

===
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com
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