From: Matt Armstrong <matt@...>
Date: 2002-03-14T02:48:13+09:00
Subject: Threads + Sockets == Instability?

I recently wrote some simple scripts that spawn lots of threads (up to
100), each doing a little bit of network stuff (either TCP or UDP).
These were quick and easy to write, but they often crashed randomly or
died with a "deadlock" failure under both Ruby 1.6 and 1.7.

Are there examples of stable Ruby programs that do this kind of thing?
Or have I just stressed the system enough to uncover new bugs?  One
such bug I found is described at
http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/ruby-bugs/incoming?id=270 -- the
program seems to randomly corrupt the C stack.

I am trying to track down and fix these bugs.  Anybody have any tips
for me?

-- 
matt