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Date:      Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:40:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/25361: dump(8) command segfaults
Message-ID:  <200103052140.f25Le3O87231@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/25361; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>,
	Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/25361: dump(8) command segfaults
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:33:56 -0800 (PST)

 Both the -stable and -current with kernels and userland later than February 26
 do not show this problem.
 
 A -current with a userland of 2/13 and a kernel from yesterday shows this
 problem. 
 
 I believe the problem has been addressed, but I'll reconfirm tonite after a
 buildworld.
 
 -matt
 
 
 
 > 
 > >Number:         25361
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Synopsis:       dump(8) command segfaults
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:        
 > >Keywords:       
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 25 12:40:00 PST 2001
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Christian Weisgerber
 > >Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT alpha
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > System: FreeBSD kemoauc.mips.inka.de 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #4: Sat Feb 24 14:37:31 CET 2001 naddy@kemoauc.mips.inka.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/KEMOAUC alpha
 > 
 > >Description:
 > 
 > The dump(8) command segfaults:
 > 
 > $ dump 0af /dev/null /
 >   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Feb 25 20:44:21 2001
 >   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
 >   DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0a (/) to /dev/null
 >   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
 >   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
 >   DUMP: estimated 67655 tape blocks.
 >   DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
 >   DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
 >   DUMP: SIGSEGV: ABORTING!
 >   DUMP: SIGSEGV: ABORTING!
 >   DUMP: SIGSEGV: ABORTING!
 >   DUMP: SIGSEGV: ABORTING!
 >   DUMP: SIGSEGV: ABORTING!
 > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 > 
 > dump was working fine in -current as of Dec 25.  The only changes
 > to it since then are the introduction of <sys/queue.h> instead of
 > a home-rolled list and the replacement of '\007' with '\a'.  These
 > changes are innocuous; if backed out, dump still segfaults.  This
 > suggests that the problem has been triggered by a kernel change.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > $ dump 0af /dev/null /
 > 
 > >Fix:
 > 
 > None known.
 > 
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > 
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