# \[BUG\] rb\_thread\_create\_timer\_thread: return non-zero (11)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-rb-thread-create-timer-thread-return-non-zero-11/159652>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 6, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-rb-thread-create-timer-thread-return-non-zero-11/159652 "2009-02-06T18:44:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-rb-thread-create-timer-thread-return-non-zero-11/159652/1 "2009-02-06T18:44:18Z")

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% ./ruby -ve ’  
Process.setrlimit(:NPROC, 1)  
system(“ls”)  
’  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-02-06 trunk 22098) [i686-linux]  
-e:3: [BUG] rb\_thread\_create\_timer\_thread: return non-zero (11)  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-02-06 trunk 22098) [i686-linux]

## – control frame ---------- c:0004 p:---- s:0010 b:0010 l:000009 d:000009 CFUNC :system c:0003 p:0031 s:0006 b:0006 l:000d14 d:0004c4 EVAL -e:3 c:0002 p:---- s:0004 b:0004 l:000003 d:000003 FINISH c:0001 p:0000 s:0002 b:0002 l:000d14 d:000d14 TOP :17

-e:3:in `<main>' -e:3:in `system’

## – C level backtrace information

0x813eaae ./ruby(rb\_vm\_bugreport+0x6c) [0x813eaae]  
0x816c4c9 ./ruby [0x816c4c9]  
0x816c524 ./ruby(rb\_bug+0x36) [0x816c524]  
0x813f660 ./ruby [0x813f660]  
0x8142280 ./ruby(rb\_thread\_start\_timer\_thread+0x15) [0x8142280]  
0x80ab486 ./ruby(rb\_fork\_err+0xc8) [0x80ab486]  
0x80abcd5 ./ruby [0x80abcd5]  
0x80abd9b ./ruby [0x80abd9b]  
0x8134d8c ./ruby [0x8134d8c]  
0x8134c03 ./ruby [0x8134c03]  
0x81344a7 ./ruby [0x81344a7]  
0x8130b51 ./ruby [0x8130b51]  
0x813c2b2 ./ruby [0x813c2b2]  
0x813c900 ./ruby(rb\_iseq\_eval\_main+0x2b) [0x813c900]  
0x805aac2 ./ruby(ruby\_exec\_node+0x99) [0x805aac2]  
0x805ab65 ./ruby(ruby\_run\_node+0x66) [0x805ab65]  
0x8059728 ./ruby(main+0x74) [0x8059728]  
0xb7ddfea8 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(\_\_libc\_start\_main+0xc8)  
[0xb7ddfea8]  
0x8059631 ./ruby [0x8059631]

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