The Chromium Windows 7 bot (http://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.webkit/builders/Webkit%20Win7/builds/527) often fails to run layout tests with this exception: Traceback (most recent call last): 2011-03-11 14:27:08,124 18544 dump_render_tree_thread.py:154 ERROR Thread-1 dying, exception raised File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 439, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 434, in main return run(port_obj, options, args) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 120, in run num_unexpected_results = runner.run(result_summary) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\test_runner.py", line 669, in run self._run_tests(self._test_files_list, result_summary)) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\test_runner.py", line 566, in _run_tests broker.run_message_loop() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\dump_render_tree_thread.py", line 144, in _covered_run self._run(test_runner=None, result_summary=None) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\dump_render_tree_thread.py", line 206, in _run No handlers could be found for logger "webkitpy.layout_tests.layout_package.worker_mixin" self.start_servers_with_lock() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\worker_mixin.py", line 97, in start_servers_with_lock self._port.start_http_server() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\base.py", line 567, in start_http_server self._http_server.start() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\http_server.py", line 118, in start self.remove_log_files(self._output_dir, "access.log-") File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\http_server_base.py", line 83, in remove_log_files filesystem.FileSystem().remove(full_path) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\common\system\filesystem.py", line 237, in remove raise e WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'e:\\b\\build\\slave\\Webkit_Win7\\build\\src\\webkit\\Release\\..\\../../layout-test-results\\access.log-11Mar2011-122724.txt' program finished with exit code 1 Whenever I connect to it, I see a LightTPD.exe process in the task manager, even if no tests are currently running. Killing it allows the next run to succeed, but the run after that fails once again. I have also occasionally seen a similar error about the WebSocket server: 2011-03-11 12:49:08,921 15368 test_runner.py:578 INFO Exception raised, exiting Traceback (most recent call last): File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 439, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 434, in main return run(port_obj, options, args) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\run_webkit_tests.py", line 120, in run num_unexpected_results = runner.run(result_summary) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\test_runner.py", line 669, in run self._run_tests(self._test_files_list, result_summary)) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\test_runner.py", line 566, in _run_tests broker.run_message_loop() No handlers could be found for logger "webkitpy.common.system" File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\dump_render_tree_thread.py", line 144, in _covered_run self._run(test_runner=None, result_summary=None) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\dump_render_tree_thread.py", line 206, in _run self.start_servers_with_lock() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\layout_package\worker_mixin.py", line 99, in start_servers_with_lock self._port.start_websocket_server() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\base.py", line 575, in start_websocket_server self._websocket_server.start() File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\websocket_server.py", line 153, in start self.remove_log_files(self._output_dir, log_prefix) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\layout_tests\port\http_server_base.py", line 83, in remove_log_files filesystem.FileSystem().remove(full_path) File "e:\b\build\slave\Webkit_Win7\build\src\third_party\WebKit\Tools\Scripts\webkitpy\common\system\filesystem.py", line 237, in remove raise e WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'e:\\b\\build\\slave\\Webkit_Win7\\build\\src\\webkit\\Release\\..\\../../layout-test-results\\pywebsocket.ws.log-11Mar2011-122728-err.txt'
I saw this on the build.webkit.org windows bot too so I added lighttpd to the taskkill step as a workaround. The python web socket server not dying is a problem too, but it doesn't seem to happen as frequently. I haven't see this happen on Webkit Win-- what version of Windows does that bot run? Maybe this is a windows 7 specific bug (the build.webkit.org chromium win bot runs windows 7)?
(In reply to comment #1) > I haven't see this happen on Webkit Win-- what version of Windows does that bot run? Maybe this is a windows 7 specific bug (the build.webkit.org chromium win bot runs windows 7)? It's Windows 7 (see bug title).
As a workaround, we could add lighttpd to kill_processes.py. At least it won't prevent future test runs.