From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Jones Subject: Re: splice syscall runs endlessly, usage problem? Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:38:52 -0400 Message-ID: <20130903163851.GA7397@redhat.com> References: <5225A26A.10403@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5225A26A.10403@linux.intel.com> Sender: trinity-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Helia Correia Cc: trinity@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:48:42AM +0200, Helia Correia wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting to know how to use Trinity, and my last attempt was to run > below command (on a Fedora 17 64 bits distribution): > trinity -c splice -C1 -D > > My problem is that this command doesn't stop running by itself (started > yesterday, was still running this morning so I interrupted it), and I > don't understand why but guess this is not an expected behavior, am I > right? What should I do to have it run normally (I mean, start and end > up gracefully)? > > Maybe I overlooked something but seems I couldn't find any documentation > as regards to this aspect, as well as how much time it nearly takes to > have Trinity run entirely, so any pointers would be highly appreciated. It will run indefinitly unless you pass -N (or unless it hits a kernel bug that taints the kernel). Dave