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PPC64LE RHEL8 3.x buildbot is timing out on test_gdb #104735
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It turns out that powerpc64le is listed twice in PEP-11, and in the other entry, I am listed as the maintainer.
Yeah, ppc64le with GCC is supported at Tier-2 level: it's the config of RHEL operating system. ppc64le with clang is only supported at Tier-3 level: best effort.
Buildbot https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/builders/559 has been failing since May 12 with a failure like this (...)
I made multiple test_gdb changes last year. Is the ppc64le buildbot still failing with timeout time to time? If yes, does someone have links to such recent failures?
I made multiple test_gdb changes last year.
test_gdb.test_pycfunction() is running tons of tests in a single method. I splitted test_gdb.py into a test_gdb test package (multiple .py files): commit 8f324b7 of issue gh-109972.
If it still fails time to time, maybe we should simply increase the timeout. I noticed that some PPC64LE buildbot workers are way slower than other buildbot workers. I don't recall which ones.
Oh, sorry! It turns out that powerpc64le is listed twice in PEP-11, and in the other entry, I am listed as the maintainer. Unfortunately I will need to step down from this role as I no longer have easy access to the hardware.
If you still care, you can get access to ppc64le machines from Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Machine_Resources_For_Package_Maintainers I can give you a SSH access the ppc64 machines maintained by Red Hat, you should be able to easily reproduce the issue in a few minutes (need to clone the repo, build Python with similar build options than the worker, and run the test). Otherwise, we can just downgrade ppc64le+gcc to Tier-2, that's ok.
Reacted by Petr ViktorinLet's do both: downgrade to tier 3, but I'll keep an eye on stable buildbots, and use Fedora infra when I around get to investigating this issue.
Reacted by Victor StinnerPPC64LE RHEL8 3.x buildbot is timing out on test_gdb
I lost track of this issue. Does the issue still occur time to time?
No.
And the buildbot logs from May are gone, so it wouldn't be easy to investigate this. I don't think it's worth it to keep the issue open.Ok, thanks for keeping track of that issue.
Buildbot https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/builders/559 has been failing since May 12 with a failure like this:
It last passed on commit 718b132 and succeeded on a052be4, suggesting that the culprit is one of these commits:
__release_buffer__is called while an exception is active #104371: check return value of callingmv.release(GH-104371: check return value of callingmv.release#104417)test_typingfails refleak tests #104415: Fix refleak tests fortyping.ByteStringdeprecation (gh-104415: Fix refleak tests fortyping.ByteStringdeprecation #104416)_ioextension module #101819: Prepare _io._IOBase for module state (gh-101819: Prepare _io._IOBase for module state #104386)