From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 08:53:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077F3106564A; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:53:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EC18FC14; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:53:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so5168807bwz.19 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:53:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tzNojY5j+qIwphmm/13LKzGKsS0ll8qLsfKya9TEXXM=; b=G2Rm+aHz8NIquPxnA/lwXsky4pa7FAdcHL6ZqfI4aR93zL45UXrnLROpuBV8qdHMXk zSlFrrTkUKyO9vS7a/Z/H1QhuokG0F6hAxesHxFCZE+f/XmR0S+LRMQv7qmpEzd06a0e XmLTs7WH1HQhBM86EJs/+iEQrsvo314s0mKwk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oXvEQkX1YqcQuoTaPGD5JxqFMRRncGZsfBEwAFFOsluajIfVEu/xSl9m/dEWpgJj3H etKokDR3MGCvccCOn2MF+I3dWW9rByWJH6Zs2T06Tet2z1sRAiu+884b2AYO/XzCJlMm ttPfap4w3/gOqkXjxk+MW/Uis5xgKIs1zUk78= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.60.13 with SMTP id n13mr771297bkk.39.1232095999355; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:53:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <7d6fde3d0901160041n55466290l55f737d274a40895@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0901160044x4d7735cep16f032cd99dbc835@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:53:19 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0901160053y22b2f9c9vb37d0f0621c2a7c9@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Jacques Fourie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "amd64@freebsd.org" , Hackers freeBSD Subject: Re: Confused by segfault with legitimate call to strerror(3) on amd64 / sysctl(3) setting `odd' errno's X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:53:21 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > You need to initialize len to the number of entries in the mib array. > Try adding 'len = 4' before calling sysctlnametomib() and see if your > issues go away. Ok, that solution works (I think). So, problem 2 down. Now: what about the segfaulting strerror(3) call on amd64 ;\? -Garrett