Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:11:58 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch to fix crashing experienced while using GDB Message-ID: <1208481118.1444.9.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080418002037.GA11705@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost> <1208208998.1279.54.camel@localhost> <20080418002037.GA11705@dragon.NUXI.org>
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--=-O72irOuigkpnKx/djilO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:20 -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:36:38PM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > > 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 worke= d > > > 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? > >=20 > > 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: > >=20 > > http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gdb/target.c?rev=3D1.79&co= ntent-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=3Dsrc >=20 > OK, I'll take a look at it. >=20 BTW, I could do the commit myself, but I understand GDB/GCC stuff to be a touchy part of the system, requiring extra care considering the licensing issues involved and the sensitive nature of touching something so important to everyone... I've had it sitting in my git for at least a year or more... --=20 Coleman Kane --=-O72irOuigkpnKx/djilO 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) iEYEABECAAYFAkgH9VsACgkQcMSxQcXat5dvPACfZvHwEoFO37uJ8vGt6SLCRn52 DA8AnA5qwvMntTHPNCXTWwuiERdoAHi4 =2KWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-O72irOuigkpnKx/djilO--
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