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Re: Fork errors in python2.7 on 64-bit Cygwin
- From: Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail dot com>
- To: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:36:22 +0100
- Subject: Re: Fork errors in python2.7 on 64-bit Cygwin
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- References: <CAALQ5rkE3Qoq2ciQGxcia2R81U7=yAF_8eFPYQDDKYy3tVjbbw at mail dot gmail dot com> <87h9v5wwts dot fsf at Rainer dot invalid>
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Michael Wild writes:
>> * Trying to run a shell command from Python fails 50% of the time
>> with: address space needed by 'cygz.dll' (0x450000) is already
>> occupied.
>
> Such a low address on 64bit is an indication of an image intercept
> and/or BLODA in my experience.
>
Thanks for your answer. Any suggestions on how I could find out what
is causing this? I found Corinna mentioning the hacking of cygwin.dll
by adding a call to sleep in the error handler in order to allow the
inspection of /proc/$PID/maps in an old thread, but perhaps there is
something more convenient now?
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