SIGSTOP/SIGCONT problem ? (scheduler or make(1) ?)

[Scott Long]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> I ran a "make -j 48" on my testbox and suspended the task after
> a while so I could start systat(1)
> 
> ===> usr.sbin/sysinstall (obj,build-tools)
> ===> gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools (obj,depend,all)
> *** Stopped -- signal 18
> Child (25164) not in table?
> warning: structure `reg_info_def' used but not defined
> warning: structure `basic_block_def' used but not defined
> warning: structure `answer' used but not defined
> warning: structure `cpp_macro' used but not defined
> warning: structure `reg_info_def' used but not defined
> warning: structure `basic_block_def' used but not defined
> warning: structure `answer' used but not defined
> warning: structure `cpp_macro' used but not defined
> couldn't resume gencodes.o: No such process
> *** Signal 1
> 1 error
> 
> Doesn't look right to me, but I'm not sure if the scheduler or make(1)
> is to blame.
> 

I've had problems recently with SIGSTOP not being honored while
compiling files.  Probably what happened here is that gcc continued
on its merry way and exited when it was done compiling gencodes.o.
Unfortunately I don't have much more debugging information to offer
here.

Scott