Feature #5669: Random thread scheduling based on a seed

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: ko1 (Koichi Sasada)
• Target version: -

[judofyr (Magnus Holm)]

Just a little idea that popped into my head:

Would it be possible to have "random" thread scheduling (based on a seed)? E.g. it spends a little more time in different threads than usual?

This would be very useful for discovering subtle threading bugs that's often platform dependent.

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to ko1 (Koichi Sasada)

Ko1, kosaki, tarui-san, what do you think?
Looks almost impossible to me, though.

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Yusuke Endoh [e-mail]

[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

I want to reject it.

reasons:
(1) It is difficult to implement it in portable way.
(2) I have a doubt about this idea which can solve threading bugs.

Any other comments?

[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Feedback

[ko1 (Koichi Sasada)]

• Status changed from Feedback to Rejected

No feedback.