Re: Build failed in Jenkins: epics-base-3.16-linux32-test #13

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

On 02/15/2016 07:49 PM, Michael Davidsaver wrote:
> On 02/15/2016 08:19 PM, Michael Davidsaver wrote:
>> That "-1" stands out.  So far the only candidate I see is in
>> dbCaPutLinkCallback() if the target link isn't connected or writable. 
>> Which would mean that the main thread is racing the dbCa thread to
>> CA_CONNECT this link.
> 
> Ok, this is it.  So the obvious fix is to use/abuse caLink::monitor to
> wait for the link to connect.

Or poll dbcaStats(), although there seems to be a dbScanLock()/Unlock()
pair missing from that particular routine which could use fixing too.

- Andrew

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