[erlang-bugs] Errors when using file:sendfile/2

[Lukas Larsson]

Hello,

This specific issue was fixed in R15B01. So if you are experiencing any 
other issues it is might be something different.

What OS are you running? And do you have any code which consistently 
reproduces the issue?

Lukas

On 04/09/12 10:28, Ali Sabil wrote:
> Any news on this? I have experienced problems with sendfile in R15B1,
> where all IO on the node got blocked.
>
> Thanks,
> Ali
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lukas Larsson <lukas@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks for reporting this. The bug does, as Tuncer said, not appear if you
>> run with async-threads. I've identified the issue and I'm working on a
>> solution. While waiting for the fix I recommend all to use async-threads in
>> a VM running sendfile as it is less prone to race-conditions and should be
>> faster.
>>
>> Lukas
>>
>>
>> On 29/12/11 17:26, Magnus Klaar wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm encountered the following errors while testing a module using
>> file:sendfile/2. It appears to be quite rare. 17 errors were logged for
>> 11000 requests sent to the server. This is using "Erlang R15B (erts-5.9)
>> [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]"
>> running on "Linux $(hostname) 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Aug 27 16:21:11 UTC
>> 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux".
>>
>> =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Dec-2011::16:55:15 ===
>> driver_select(0x000000000000032a, 107, ERL_DRV_READ ERL_DRV_USE, 1) by
>> tcp_inet driver #Port<0.4906> failed: fd=107 (re)selected before stop_select
>> was called for driver efile
>>
>>
>> =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Dec-2011::16:55:20 ===
>> driver_select(0x0000000000000069, 106, ERL_DRV_READ ERL_DRV_USE, 1) by
>> tcp_inet driver #Port<0.5225> failed: fd=106 (re)selected before stop_select
>> was called for driver efile
>>
>>
>> The code is not merged into the main project yet and test is rather ad-hoc,
>> I'm defaulting to not providing it unless you specifically ask for it. Let
>> me know if you need and I'll write a summary for downloading and running it
>> if the error messages are not informative enough.
>>
>> MVH Magnus
>>
>>
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