[erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available

Rickard Green rickard.s.green@REDACTED
Fri Dec 14 16:51:15 CET 2007


'kill -ABRT' the emulator when you are sure the emulator hangs (i.e. 0% 
cpu utilization after quite a while). Make the following available for 
download:
* A complete build log including the environment (use 'script' to 
capture printouts and type 'env' to print the environment).
* The whole source tree you've built in and the core generated (pack 
with gnu tar).

I'll have a look at it, and try to figure out what is going on.

By the way: Have anyone else tried to build R12B-0 with the patch on 
solaris 10 sparc64? If so, did it fail or succeed?

BR,
Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.

Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I manage to build R12B-0 Erlang 64 bit with the patch on T2000 without SMP support: 
> 
> env CC=/tmp/gcc64 ./configure --disable-smp-support --prefix=/usr/local/erlang/R12B-0
> 
> We can build R12B-0 on the same machine with the same OS using the same procedure:
> - 64 bit with SMP support, no patch
> - 64 bit with patch, NO SMP
> 
> We can't build 64 bit with SMP support with the patch.
> 
> It seems that the patch and SMP don't work together on Netra T2000.
> 
> Best regards
> Ognian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rickard Green [mailto:rickard.s.green@REDACTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2007 05:42
> To: Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ]
> Cc: Valentin Micic; Kenneth Lundin; Sean Hinde; Erlang/OTP discussions;
> waynes@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available
> 
> 
> 
> $ uname -a
> SunOS xxx 5.10 Generic_125100-10 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
> 
> BR,
> Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.
> 
> Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We can build R12B-0 without the patch on Netra T2000 (SMP) and Netra 440 (No SMP) using Sun tar or GNU tar, with or without -64 flag passed to ld. There is no other Erlang on the box.
>>
>> We can't build R12B-0 with the patch on Netra T2000 and Netra 440 using Sun tar or GNU tar, with or without -64 flag passed to ld. There is no other Erlang on the box.
>>
>> What is the hardware you are using to build Solaris 10?
>>
>> If do env CC=/tmp/gcc64 ./configure --enable-smp-support --prefix=/usr/local/erlang/R11-1 on Netra 440 using R11B-1 we got:
>>
>> checking whether an emulator with smp support should be built... yes; enabled by user 
>> configure: error: cannot build smp enabled emulator since hardware platform (ultrasparc wordsize=8) is not supp
>> orted
>> configure: error: /export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R11B-1/erts/configure failed for erts
>>
>> If we do env CC=/tmp/gcc64 ./configure --enable-smp-support --prefix=/usr/local/erlang/R12B-0
>> configure finish successfully! We can build OK without patch and we fail to build with the patch.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Ognian
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rickard Green [mailto:rickard.s.green@REDACTED]
>> Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2007 01:15
>> To: Valentin Micic
>> Cc: Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ]; Kenneth Lundin; Sean
>> Hinde; Erlang/OTP discussions; waynes@REDACTED
>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available
>>
>>
>> Valentin Micic wrote:
>>> Not sure how is gnu tar related to the problem, but we'll try...
>>>
>> As far as I know solaris tar and gnu tar are slightly incompatible, and 
>> that you might get silent errors if you extract using solaris tar. I'm 
>> no tar expert, though, I might be wrong, but by using gnu tar you will 
>> at least remove one possible error source.
>>
>>> When we've run "truss" command using 'erlc' and arguments as indicated 
>>> immediately when build "hangs", the execution fails because it cannot 
>>> locate 'erl'. Unfortunately, the 'erl' hasn't been build at this point, 
>>> so I am at loss... it appears to me that 'erlc' is invoked to early, 
>>> that is to say, before 'erl' has been created. Thus, two questions for 
>>> your consideration, if you please:
>>>
>>> 1) Could it be that patch is inserted at a wrong place;
>> Perhaps, but I've also used gpatch (version 2.5.4), and it works for me. 
>> You could try to apply the patch manually if you want. Modify all files 
>> included in the patch manually except for otp_src_R12B-0/configure, and 
>> otp_src_R12B-0/erts/configure then cd into otp_src_R12B-0 and run 
>> "./otp_build autoconf" (you need to have autoconf 2.59 in your path). If 
>> you search for "diff -Naur" in the patch file, you will easily find the 
>> beginning of each diff.
>>
>>> 2) Could it be that your build is successful because you do have erl 
>>> somewhere in your path (I mean erl that you've build before via separate 
>>> build) -- I've checked it over and over again: erlc will try to invoke 
>>> erl using any path specified in your $PATH variable.
>>>
>> The top makefile puts the bootstrap/bin directory (where the bootstrap 
>> erl and erlc resides) first in your path during the build. I've also 
>> successfully built it without any erl and erlc in the path and without 
>> ERLC_EMULATOR set, and also using the runtime system with resp. without 
>> smp support.
>>
>> You could also try to enable/disable smp support for erlc by putting 
>> -smpenable/-smpdisable in the ERL_ZFLAGS environment variable before 
>> building and see if it makes any difference.
>>
>> BR,
>> Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.
>>
>>> Thanks for your effort so far.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> V.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rickard Green" 
>>> <rickard.s.green@REDACTED>
>>> To: "Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ]" <Pantov_O@REDACTED>
>>> Cc: "Kenneth Lundin" <kenneth.lundin@REDACTED>; "Sean Hinde" 
>>> <sean.hinde@REDACTED>; "Erlang/OTP discussions" 
>>> <erlang-questions@REDACTED>; <waynes@REDACTED>; "Valentin 
>>> Micic" <valentin@REDACTED>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available
>>>
>>>
>>>> It builds fine for me on solaris 10.
>>>>
>>>> Are you extracting the tar file with gnu tar? If not, you need to.
>>>>
>>>> Instead of using CC I put a script called gcc (similar to yours) in 
>>>> the path and also a script called ld (passing -64 as argument to ld) 
>>>> in the path.
>>>>
>>>> I use gcc 3.4.4.
>>>>
>>>> BR,
>>>> Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ognian Pantov [ MTN - Innovation Centre ] wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are having a problem making R12B-0 with the patch on Solaris 10.
>>>>> We can make and run R12B-0 without the patch on the same machine. See 
>>>>> below for details of our environment.  When we are trying to make 
>>>>> R12B-0 with the patch, make hangs when is trying to compile 
>>>>> hipe_rtl_arch.erl file.
>>>>> ********************************************************************************************************* 
>>>>>
>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory 
>>>>> `/export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/lib/parsetools'
>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory 
>>>>> `/export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/lib/asn1/src'
>>>>> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `opt'.
>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory 
>>>>> `/export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/lib/asn1/src'
>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory 
>>>>> `/export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/lib/hipe'
>>>>> Makefile:35: warning: overriding commands for target `docs'
>>>>> /export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/make/otp_subdir.mk:28: 
>>>>> warning: ignoring old commands for target `docs'
>>>>> === Entering application hipe
>>>>> make[3]: Entering directory 
>>>>> `/export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/lib/hipe/rtl'
>>>>> /export/home/smscproj/install/otp_src_R12B-0/bin/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/hipe_mkliterals 
>>>>>  -e > hipe_literals.hrl
>>>>> erlc -W  +debug_info +warn_obsolete_guard +inline -o../ebin 
>>>>> hipe_rtl_arch.erl
>>>>>
>>>>> !!! We stay here till we kill the process!
>>>>> ******************************************************************************************************** 
>>>>>
>>>>> The command patch doesn't support -Z option on Solaris (it does on 
>>>>> Linux) and we use gpatch instead.
>>>>> We try to patch the source code on Linux and make on Solaris - the 
>>>>> result is the same the process hangs during compilation on 
>>>>> hipe_rtl_arch.erl.
>>>>>
>>>>> We tryed to compile hipe_rtl_arch.erl manually but environment 
>>>>> doesn't seem to be ready yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas what may cuase this problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Ognian
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------Environment-------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>
>>>>> The make for R12B-0 with and without patch is done on the same 
>>>>> machine using the same procedure.
>>>>> We are using Sun Netra-T2000 running Solaris 10 patch level 
>>>>> 125100-05. We use GCC 3.4.6.
>>>>>
>>>>> To compile 64 bit code we do:
>>>>>
>>>>> cat>/tmp/gcc64
>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>> exec gcc -m64 "$@"
>>>>> ^D
>>>>>
>>>>> chmod +x /tmp/gcc64
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time we make we remove the old otp_src_R12B-0 directory and 
>>>>> start from scratch.
>>>>>
>>>>> tar -xvf otp_src_R12B-0.tar
>>>>> gpatch -ZNp0 < otp_src_R12B-0-osp1.patch ( only with patch )
>>>>>
>>>>> env CC=/tmp/gcc64 ./configure --enable-smp-support 
>>>>> --prefix=/usr/local/erlang/R12B-0
>>>>> make
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Kenneth Lundin [mailto:kenneth.lundin@REDACTED]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 02:33
>>>>> To: Valentin Micic
>>>>> Cc: Sean Hinde; Rickard Green; Erlang/OTP discussions; Ognian Pantov [
>>>>> MTN - Innovation Centre ]; waynes@REDACTED
>>>>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the combination SMP and 64 bit sparc apparently never has worked
>>>>> in R11B you can't have any system in service dependent on this patch
>>>>> do you?
>>>>>
>>>>> So if you are planning on using the SMP emulator for the first time 
>>>>> in a product
>>>>> I would really recommend that you put your old policy away and go for 
>>>>> R12B.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reasons for that are in my opinion many:
>>>>> - R12B is the most stable version with best performance when it comes
>>>>> to SMP execution.
>>>>> R12B is the version where we will have regular service releases with 
>>>>> patches and
>>>>> improvements.
>>>>> R12B is the version where improvements regarding SMP will appear.
>>>>> R12B is the version where we may support more platforms.
>>>>> Bugs found by open source users in R12B AND PREVIOUS releases will be
>>>>> corrected in R12B-1, 2, ..., etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Regards Kenneth Erlang/OTP team, Ericsson AB
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/9/07, Valentin Micic <valentin@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>> May I second what Sean is asking for?
>>>>>> I would really appreciate a fix for R11B-5 -- we have a policy not 
>>>>>> to run
>>>>>> the latest release on production systems, and absence of the patch 
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> force us to do so. Make no mistake, I really like what I saw in R12 
>>>>>> so far,
>>>>>> but we'd like to migrate on our own pace.
>>>>>> Your cooperation will be *highly* appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Valentin Micic
>>>>>> Principal Consultant
>>>>>> PHAROS CONSVLTING (PTY) LTD.
>>>>>> Cell: +27 83 212 9180
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Sean Hinde" <sean.hinde@REDACTED>
>>>>>> To: "Rickard Green" <rickard.s.green@REDACTED>
>>>>>> Cc: "Erlang/OTP discussions" <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 1:51 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Source patch for R12B-0 available
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Rikard,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you have any plans to release a patch for those using R11B-5 on 64
>>>>>>> bit sparc? I'm thinking mainly of the OTP-7006 issue, initially
>>>>>>> reported on R11B-5.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7 Dec 2007, at 14:17, Rickard Green wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A patch that fixes the following issues is now available at
>>>>>>>> http://www.erlang.org/download.html . Instructions for applying
>>>>>>>> the patch can be found in the patch README.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BR,
>>>>>>>> Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTP-7006  The SMP emulator on sparc64 erroneously used the sparc32
>>>>>>>>           atomic and the sparc32 spinlock implementations which
>>>>>>>>           caused it to crash.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTP-7012  Matching an empty binary in a record and then using the
>>>>>>>>           same record again could cause a compiler crash.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           Example code that triggers the crash:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           -record(r, {a,b}).
>>>>>>>>           t(R) ->
>>>>>>>>             #r{a = <<>>} = R,
>>>>>>>>             R#r.b.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTP-7013  file:read/2 and file:consult_stream/1,3 did not use an 
>>>>>>>> empty
>>>>>>>>           prompt on I/O devices. This bug has now been corrected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTP-7014  configuring --enable-darwin-universal or --enable-
>>>>>>>> darwin-64bit
>>>>>>>>           on MacOSX could result in a non optimized emulator. Top
>>>>>>>> level
>>>>>>>>           configure script now corrected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OTP-7015  configuring --with-gd did not produce correct include flags
>>>>>>>>           for percept.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>>>>
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