From ca44dc1d6ad98549d3a5616b0dd38c108cace9f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "benjamin.franksen" <benjamin.franksen@helmholtz-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:00:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: updated the known problems page --- documentation/KnownProblems.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/KnownProblems.txt b/documentation/KnownProblems.txt index e7b6dfcb..bf288e35 100644 --- a/documentation/KnownProblems.txt +++ b/documentation/KnownProblems.txt @@ -1,6 +1,21 @@ Known Problems ============== +.. _Known_Problems_2.1.12: + +Known Problems in Release 2.1.12 +-------------------------------- + +If a synchronous pvGet (or pvPut) ever fails to get a callback from +channel access, then all subsequent attempts to do pvGets on that +channel will fail. + +Carl Lionberger <calionberger@lbl.gov>, who reported this problem, +also found the reason: the semaphore that makes the state set block +until the CA callback arrives, times out but is never signalled, so +the variable never recovers from the situation. + + .. _Known_Problems_2.1.10: Known Problems in Release 2.1.10 -- GitLab