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Subject: Re: Quick testfeedback...
From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 12 Sep 2001 09:19:19 +1000
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Sep 2001 23:06:13.0926 (UTC) FILETIME=[5AA66C60:01C13B16]

On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 01:10, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Rob,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:00:11PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > I have tested this out on win95 for regressions, but not on NT
> > unfortunately... If some kind NT/2k user could test this I would be very
> > appreciative.
> 
> I ran your test suite with the latest CVS and then again after applying
> your patch.  In both cases, all tests except for pshared passed (as
> to be expected).  However, after patching, pt skipped a lot of values.
> Is this because the implementation is much faster?  I can send you the
> output from make check, if necessary.

No need, yes its faster :}.

> Also, broadcast.exe (prior to patching) GPF-ed with:
> 
>     The instruction at "0x6100f0cb" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
>     The memory could not be "written".

Was this before my bugfix commit? I had misused InterlockExchangePointer
rather badly, which lead to pt and sched crashing for me. 

If it was after the bugfix commit, I'd like to see if we can track this
asap...


Rob