From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 21:37:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9F91065673 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:37:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F0628FC0C for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:37:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.44]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id DYv91Z04h0xGWP85501800; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:35:20 +0000 Received: from discordia ([24.60.135.75]) by OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id DZd21Z00F1dmTCQ3Y00000; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:37:02 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=FaM0GyIPfKoA:10 a=BPOp9DsWJQ8A:10 a=CCpqsmhAAAAA:8 a=Xk7D-aNpBlIhskoGQ6IA:9 a=-EZvZ3PsgJWbZhCt2voA:7 a=eGiO8G8fQ0xtmcoUOzg8_6w513wA:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 a=ZV5ZrBPn2mFcJsyfWHwA:9 a=Y5EAP1wciev9QQ8w9yHXPt6yIWUA:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 Received: by discordia (Postfix, from userid 103) id A3BA81636F9; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:37:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8-gr1 (2007-02-13) on discordia X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8-gr1 Received: from [172.20.1.3] (erwin.int.cokane.org [172.20.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by discordia (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BDC61636F8; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Coleman Kane To: current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost> References: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-E45Aidnal28nVfcRzVLW" Organization: FreeBSD Project Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:38 -0400 Message-Id: <1208208998.1279.54.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch to fix crashing experienced while using GDB X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:37:07 -0000 --=-E45Aidnal28nVfcRzVLW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:28 -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > Hello, >=20 > Some time ago, I got the attached patch from jhb (IIRC). It has worked > for me and cured a problem that was making a bunch of my code > un-traceable using GDB on FreeBSD. Debugging would result in a crash of > GDB, preventing me from seeing what bug I had that crashed my program. >=20 > Anyhow, my question is: Is there any reason this shouldn't be pushed > into the tree? Who do I need to talk to (obrien? the compiler > maintainers?) about it? BTW, this has already been fixed in the GDB sources (using nearly the exact same code) since August 2004 in rev. 1.79 of gdb/target.c: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gdb/target.c?rev=3D1.79&conten= t-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=3Dsrc --=20 Coleman Kane --=-E45Aidnal28nVfcRzVLW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkgDzmQACgkQcMSxQcXat5fH/QCeK+qWkbh96H61P6xvc2NGYGXT BUQAnjbqt1ERE9dxVObf48Q+/8S6AzH2 =g3fU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-E45Aidnal28nVfcRzVLW--