[chuck-users] watchdog activate!

[Andrew C. Smith]

> In some cases, it may be desirable to
> disable the watchdog - the "--nowatchdog" flag should achieve that.

Thanks a lot, that definitely helps. I'll experiment both ways and try
to create some glorious crashes.

Andrew

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Ge Wang <ge at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hi Andrew!
>
>> [chuck]:(3:SEVERE): real-time watchdog counter-measure activating...
>>
>> What does that mean? How can I fix it? The shell/--loop prints it (and
>> then stops working) fairly often, usually when I hit lots of notes really
>> fast.
>
> The ChucKian watchdog looks for signs of shreds possibly stuck in infinite
> loops without advancing time.  Once it detects a potentially troubling
> situation (it has no way of knowing if there is actually an infinite loop or
> if the current process is simply taking too long), it takes measures to
> deprioritize virtual machine processes, reducing the likelihood of ChucK
> continuing to clobber the CPU.  In some cases, it may be desirable to
> disable the watchdog - the "--nowatchdog" flag should achieve that.
>
> I hope this helps a bit.
>
> Best,
> Ge!
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