Re: Safeguards against incorrect fd flags for fsync()

Hi,

another update:

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 09:24:24PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> So it seems the low-resolution timer is the only functional issue right
> now. I upgraded my VM to current Debian unstable, but unfortunately that
> did not increase the timer resolution is hoped, maybe some more pieces
> in glibc are missing, I checked in on that[1]. In any case, they are
> actively working on this.

I got it working, I had to rebuild gnumach with --enable-apic in order
to get HPET. With that, the regular build-farm checks (check/
installcheck in contrib, src/test/regress and src/test/isolation) pass
without patches to testsuite timings.

> However, there is another caveat:
>
> Running "make check" manually only sometimes hangs the VM (without any
> output anywhere), while running it via the buildfarm client reliably
> makes it hang each time, so I added --tests=test_setup as a work-around
> to test the other stages. I have not found a reason for this yet, I will
> try to get a serial console working for the VM next, maybe that will
> show some helpful info.

This was due to the build-farm running on HEAD with a config including
debug_parallel_query=on, which adds a lot of strain on the machine I
guess? As this is a single-node VM, I guess it overloaded it regularly.
I reported that and I think this is something that needs to be
addressed, but people are working on similar issues right now[1].

Is removing the debug_parallel_query=on configuration for HEAD a valid
mode of operation for a buildfarm animal? I ran the tests 10 times in a
row without issues today.

Michael

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2025/05/msg00031.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2025/05/msg00031.html