Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 02:36:46 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: funny strlen defines in sys/alpha/alpha/alpha-gdbstub.c Message-ID: <20010703023646.A65147@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20010703090423.V506@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 09:04:23AM %2B1000 References: <20010702113423.B7023@hades.hell.gr> <20010703090423.V506@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 09:04:23AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> Alternatively, given the XXX comment, why not delete the local copies
> of str{cpy,len}() and just usr the library versions? The original
> reason appears to be to avoid the possibility that str{cpy,len}() are
> not re-entrant. The FreeBSD ones _are_ re-entrant and it doesn't seem
> likely that we will re-write them not to be re-entrant.
I don't have an alpha around to test any of these changes.
If someone can test a kernel with these functions removed, and/or
replaced by gdb_xxx equivalents, and says that it works for them, its
ok with me.
What you suggest about reentrancy seems OK though :-)
-giorgos
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