From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 18 01:23:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655501065670 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:23:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36ACC8FC16 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:23:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@freebsd.org) Received: from OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.59]) by QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id EoSa1Z0071GXsucA702s00; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:11:30 +0000 Received: from discordia ([24.60.135.75]) by OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id EpCg1Z00B1dmTCQ8T00000; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:12:41 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=FaM0GyIPfKoA:10 a=BPOp9DsWJQ8A:10 a=CCpqsmhAAAAA:8 a=3wbeZlpd5NUVfO9AEEQA:9 a=UPP9Mlkr_YhL_99DSq4A:7 a=zwrQaz11gfqX21Lv4AXkFwEWZrYA:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 a=iNH_C-BM1NFJhYGmGWYA:9 a=rdo9mH6dUf83txG26LwKgTR_kr4A:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 Received: by discordia (Postfix, from userid 103) id 5372F1636FA; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:12:40 -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,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 6F1A11636F9; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:12:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Coleman Kane To: obrien@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080418002037.GA11705@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost> <1208208998.1279.54.camel@localhost> <20080418002037.GA11705@dragon.NUXI.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-O72irOuigkpnKx/djilO" Organization: FreeBSD Project Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:11:58 -0400 Message-Id: <1208481118.1444.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-current@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: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:23:06 -0000 --=-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--