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[PATCH] services: guix-build-coordinator: Set GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] services: guix-build-coordinator: Set GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 13:45:25 +0100

This seems to work around the crashes/restarts that have recently been
affecting the coordinator (see #63368).

* gnu/services/guix.scm (guix-build-coordinator-shepherd-services): Set
GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.
---
 gnu/services/guix.scm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/services/guix.scm b/gnu/services/guix.scm
index 90310ab9d9..f8fee38b7a 100644
--- a/gnu/services/guix.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/guix.scm
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ (define (guix-build-coordinator-shepherd-services config)
                          "GUIX_LOCPATH=" #$glibc-utf8-locales "/lib/locale")
                        "LC_ALL=en_US.utf8"
                        "PATH=/run/current-system/profile/bin" ; for hooks
+                       ;; TODO: This seems to help with avoid
+                       ;; crashes/restarts, but ideally the Guix service
+                       ;; wouldn't be setting environment variables to fiddle
+                       ;; with the behaviour of Guile's GC.
+                       "GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0"
                        #$@extra-environment-variables)
                      #:log-file "/var/log/guix-build-coordinator/coordinator.log")
                     args))))

base-commit: 98c393164167e9a5a205f7dffa966992a71925ae
prerequisite-patch-id: 1a081b728996250cec703888ab2b5aad184e616d
-- 
2.39.1

Message #8 received at 63417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 63417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63417: [PATCH] services: guix-build-coordinator: Set
 GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:21:56 -0400

Hi Christopher,

Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> writes:

> This seems to work around the crashes/restarts that have recently been
> affecting the coordinator (see #63368).
>
> * gnu/services/guix.scm (guix-build-coordinator-shepherd-services): Set
> GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.
> ---
>  gnu/services/guix.scm | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/services/guix.scm b/gnu/services/guix.scm
> index 90310ab9d9..f8fee38b7a 100644
> --- a/gnu/services/guix.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services/guix.scm
> @@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ (define (guix-build-coordinator-shepherd-services config)
>                           "GUIX_LOCPATH=" #$glibc-utf8-locales "/lib/locale")
>                         "LC_ALL=en_US.utf8"
>                         "PATH=/run/current-system/profile/bin" ; for hooks
> +                       ;; TODO: This seems to help with avoid
> +                       ;; crashes/restarts, but ideally the Guix service
> +                       ;; wouldn't be setting environment variables to fiddle
> +                       ;; with the behaviour of Guile's GC.
> +                       "GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0"
>                         #$@extra-environment-variables)
>                       #:log-file "/var/log/guix-build-coordinator/coordinator.log")
>                      args))))

Have you tried presenting the problem to more core Guile folks?
(guile-devel).  Perhaps someone could tip you in the right direction, or
perhaps it's a bug in Guile?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

Message #13 received at 63417-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: 63417-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#63417] [PATCH] services: guix-build-coordinator: Set
 GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0.
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:20:44 +0100

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