cl.exe hung while building

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1

Hi,

I'm porting a MFC application from .DSP to SOURCES. I've done the similar
porting before.

After created all DDK makefiles, I started up 'build -cZ'. the cl.exe
appears hung after compiling several files. CL.exe is taking 98% of CPU
reported by task manager.

What could be wrong? I'm out of idea-;(

Thanks,
Calvin

Calvin Guan Software Engineer
ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com

2

MFC in a driver?

Well, here’s some general steps for diagnosing compiler issues:

  1. Determine which source file’s compilation is causing the hang.
  2. Generate preprocessor output for the file in question.
  3. Use trial and error to determine what source code lines lead to the
    hang.
  4. Send a reproducible test case to Microsoft support.
  5. Use the knowledge gleaned from #3 to massage the source code into
    non-hanging form as a workaround.

Some other things to consider:

  • Compiler command-line options can play a role. Try compiling with
    optimizations on/off, etc.
  • You could try using older or newer DDKs with different versions of the
    compiler (sorry, I don’t actually know how the compiler versions have
    been going with the DDKs).

Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: “Calvin Guan”
To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building

> Hi,
>
> I’m porting a MFC application from .DSP to SOURCES. I’ve done the
similar
> porting before.
>
> After created all DDK makefiles, I started up ‘build -cZ’. the cl.exe
> appears hung after compiling several files. CL.exe is taking 98% of
CPU
> reported by task manager.
>
> What could be wrong? I’m out of idea-;(
>
> Thanks,
> Calvin
> -
> Calvin Guan Software Engineer
> ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com

3

As I stated, it was an MFC UM app.

Actually, I’ve just found out which CPP files it’s hanging on. It’s a big
file with a lot of stuff I don’t quite understand.
I’ve captured the compiler options in the log file.

Not forget to mention that the chk build is ok.

I’ll take a closer look into the fre build compile option to see what went
wrong tomorrow. I’ve already had enough pain today-:slight_smile:

Thanks,
Calvin

Calvin Guan Software Engineer
ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Batson [mailto:xxxxx@cbatson.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:20 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building

MFC in a driver?

Well, here’s some general steps for diagnosing compiler issues:

  1. Determine which source file’s compilation is causing the hang.
  2. Generate preprocessor output for the file in question.
  3. Use trial and error to determine what source code lines lead to the
    hang.
  4. Send a reproducible test case to Microsoft support.
  5. Use the knowledge gleaned from #3 to massage the source code into
    non-hanging form as a workaround.

Some other things to consider:

  • Compiler command-line options can play a role. Try compiling with
    optimizations on/off, etc.
  • You could try using older or newer DDKs with different
    versions of the
    compiler (sorry, I don’t actually know how the compiler versions have
    been going with the DDKs).

Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: “Calvin Guan”
> To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:03 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I’m porting a MFC application from .DSP to SOURCES. I’ve done the
> similar
> > porting before.
> >
> > After created all DDK makefiles, I started up ‘build -cZ’.
> the cl.exe
> > appears hung after compiling several files. CL.exe is taking 98% of
> CPU
> > reported by task manager.
> >
> > What could be wrong? I’m out of idea-;(
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Calvin
> > -
> > Calvin Guan Software Engineer
> > ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

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4

It seems to be a bug in the optimizer. I can reproduce it on many version of
CL.EXE back to the one in VC6.

Calvin Guan Software Engineer
ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Guan [mailto:xxxxx@ati.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:40 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building

As I stated, it was an MFC UM app.

Actually, I’ve just found out which CPP files it’s hanging on. It’s a big
file with a lot of stuff I don’t quite understand.

I’ve captured the compiler options in the log file.

Not forget to mention that the chk build is ok.

I’ll take a closer look into the fre build compile option to see what went
wrong tomorrow. I’ve already had enough pain today-:slight_smile:

Thanks,
Calvin

Calvin Guan Software Engineer
ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Batson [ mailto:xxxxx@cbatson.com
mailto:xxxxx ]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:20 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: Re: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building
>
>
> MFC in a driver?
>
> Well, here’s some general steps for diagnosing compiler issues:
>
> 1. Determine which source file’s compilation is causing the hang.
> 2. Generate preprocessor output for the file in question.
> 3. Use trial and error to determine what source code lines lead to the
> hang.
> 4. Send a reproducible test case to Microsoft support.
> 5. Use the knowledge gleaned from #3 to massage the source code into
> non-hanging form as a workaround.
>
> Some other things to consider:
> - Compiler command-line options can play a role. Try compiling with
> optimizations on/off, etc.
> - You could try using older or newer DDKs with different
> versions of the
> compiler (sorry, I don’t actually know how the compiler versions have
> been going with the DDKs).
>
> Chuck
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Calvin Guan”
> To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 8:03 AM
> Subject: [ntdev] cl.exe hung while building
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I’m porting a MFC application from .DSP to SOURCES. I’ve done the
> similar
> > porting before.
> >
> > After created all DDK makefiles, I started up ‘build -cZ’.
> the cl.exe
> > appears hung after compiling several files. CL.exe is taking 98% of
> CPU
> > reported by task manager.
> >
> > What could be wrong? I’m out of idea-;(
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Calvin
> > -
> > Calvin Guan Software Engineer
> > ATI Technologies Inc. www.ati.com
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
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