rr-debugger / rr-debugger/rr

CI: Intermittent Failure in unexpected_exit_pid_ns

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Description

[FATAL /cache/build/exclusive-amdci3-0/julialang/rr/src/PerfCounters.cc:630:read_ticks()]
 (task 105315 (rec:103563) at time 222)
 -> Assertion `!counting_period || interrupt_val <= adjusted_counting_period' failed to hold. Detected 184055 ticks, expected no more than 177242

Note that the test timed out rather than failing because of the following assertion while dumping the register state using the emergency debugger:

[FATAL /cache/build/exclusive-amdci3-0/julialang/rr/src/Task.cc:1026:regs() errno: ENOTTY]
 (task 105315 (rec:103563) at time 222)
 -> Assertion `is_stopped' failed to hold.
Tail of trace dump:

It would be nice to make the emergency dump robust to this situation such that CI finishes rather than running into the timeout.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the emergency register dump through Task.cc, especially regs(), and compare it with the failure in PerfCounters.cc at read_ticks(). Reproduce unexpected_exit_pid_ns in CI and make the emergency dump handle this state so the test finishes instead of timing out.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
devtools, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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