Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 19:15:45 +0200 From: "Alexey Shuvaev" <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: jb@what-creek.com Subject: Re: dtrace and xorg-server problem on -current Message-ID: <20080526171545.GA72427@wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> In-Reply-To: <c21e92e20805260850i6b975cd7h8cdccad22d8fffd9@mail.gmail.com> References: <c21e92e20805260749m5e18e42p9df638976ee2e2b8@mail.gmail.com> <20080526151323.GB72053@wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <c21e92e20805260850i6b975cd7h8cdccad22d8fffd9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:50:31PM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Alexey Shuvaev < > shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 10:49:51PM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I get this weird building problem with xorg-server on -current with > > dtrace: > > > > > > creating libxpstubs.la > > > (cd .libs && rm -f libxpstubs.la && ln -s ../libxpstubs.la libxpstubs.la > > ) > > > /usr/sbin/dtrace -G -C -o dtrace-dix.o -s ../dix/Xserver.d .libs/*.o > > > dtrace: failed to compile script ../dix/Xserver.d: > > > "/usr/lib/dtrace/psinfo.d", line 37: syntax error near "uid_t" > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Something I've missed here? > > > > > > Jiawei > > > > > Hello! > > > > Please, have a look at a small thread: > > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085584.html" > > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085598.html" > > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085602.html" > > > > In my case the problem was in some old binaries not being swept out > > after I have tried John Birrel's dtrace enabled snapshot in february. > > Check you system (for examlpe "ll /usr/sbin/dtrace" and etc.). > > > > If your system is really up-to-date and the problem is caused by the > > very recent dtrace import, then try the following patch to the > > x11-servers/xorg-server/Makefile. > > > > Alexey. > > > > ok, I've confirmed that /usr/sbin/dtrace is the latest and tried your patch, > everything works now. > Thanks, > > Jiawei > Well, the problem seems to be in the freebsd's implementation of dtrace. Can some dtrace-guru say whether it is possible to fix the problem on freebsd-side in a reasonable time? Or is it due to missing pid-provider (or something else...) and then it is worthwhile disable dtrace support in xorg-server? I will try to find some time tomorrow and test the latest CURRENT on my system too. Alexey.
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