Re: [Boost-testing] [graph][QNX/QCC][ test] New bidir* regression tests hang my PC

From: Jim Douglas (jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-27 05:54:46

Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
> Jim Douglas writes:
> 
>>It appears that the monitored/timeout facility built into regression.py 
>>is not sophisticated enough to catch a stalled process(?) 
> 
> 
> It is, but as per
> http://engineering.meta-comm.com/regression_setup/instructions.html#monitored
> (the last note), the functionality is currently Windows-only.
> 
I can't speak for other OSs, but in QNX it would be simple. A 
supervisory process running in parallel with the test process, and at a 
very high priority, can monitor execution (say every second) and 'kill' 
it in the event of a time overrun.

It would make even more sense if it was the monitor process that 
launched the test process.

Just a thought...

Jim