ez-cdda sleep

Robert Shearman rob at codeweavers.com
Thu Sep 30 13:43:13 CDT 2004


Mike Hearn wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 17:37, James Hawkins wrote:
>  
>
>>err:thread:GetThreadContext Eip: ffffe410
>>err:thread:GetThreadContext Eip: ffffe410
>>err:thread:GetThreadContext Eip: ffffe410
>>err:thread:GetThreadContext Eip: ffffe410
>>
>>and that is repeated until I terminate it.
>>    
>>
>
>Wierd. That value of EIP would put the thread as stuck somewhere in
>kernel address space (?), which doesn't sound right at all.
>

This is the so-called 'linux-gate' special area that is used for fast 
system calls. It typically means a blocking call, such as a call to the 
wineserver.

I would investigate whether it is supposed to be in the middle of a 
blocking call and under what conditions it should return from it.

Rob




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