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runtime: programs sometimes stall at launch #37254

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josharian opened this issue Feb 17, 2020 · 3 comments
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runtime: programs sometimes stall at launch #37254

josharian opened this issue Feb 17, 2020 · 3 comments
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A weird thing has been happening to me recently, and I'm not sure how to debug it.

I'll run go install cmd/compile to install a modified compiler. (In this instance, the modifications were envvar-guarded logging, so it was not a broken compiler.)

Then I'll execute the compiler. To rule out any go tool problems or the like, I am running the compiler directly using an absolute path: /Users/josh/go/tip/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/compile -S x.go. And the compiler hangs.

If I send a SIGQUIT, I don't get a backtrace:

$ /Users/josh/go/tip/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/compile -S x.go
^\[1]    12198 quit       /Users/josh/go/tip/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/compile -S x.go

It's as if the runtime stalled during launch.

Subsequent compiler runs usually work as normal.

I can't reproduce reliably, but it has happened enough that I think I'm probably not going crazy.

What should I do to debug next time this happens?
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In a different terminal, run gdb on the executable, and attach to the stalled process. Do a backtrace to find out where it has stalled.

(Perhaps delve supports attaching to a process also, I don't know.)

@toothrot toothrot added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Feb 18, 2020
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This stopped happening after I filed the issue (of course). I will re-open, with gdb info, if it occurs again.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/223240 mentions this issue: runtime: throttle signal senders when receivers aren't making progress

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