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Date:      Fri, 5 May 2017 01:22:57 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net>
To:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Toolchain <freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org>, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: llvm FreeBSD powerpc ABI target bug fix: Re: [Bug 26519] Clang 4.0.0's "Target: powerpc-unknown-freebsd11.0" code generation is violating the SVR4 ABI (SEGV can result)
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References:  <bug-26519-7604@http.bugs.llvm.org/> <bug-26519-7604-UhFFHDCAay@http.bugs.llvm.org/> <0103401A-CEEA-4992-A45E-E60EA151119B@dsl-only.net> <893ECA11-7C80-4D24-A496-92ADC7978A07@FreeBSD.org> <8F708AD1-055E-41BD-BD92-6A87C5FBAA60@dsl-only.net>

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On 2017-May-5, at 12:45 AM, Mark Millard <markmi at dsl-only.net> wrote:

> On 2017-May-4, at 2:41 PM, Dimitry Andric <dim at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
>> . . .
>> Thanks for the notice.  I have merged the upstream fix into head in
>> r317810, and I will MFC it after a few days.
>=20
> I now have an old PowerMac running:
>=20
> # uname -paKU
> FreeBSD FBSDG4S 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT  r317820M  powerpc =
powerpc 1200030 1200030
>=20
> where buildworld was via clang 4 (an amd64->powerpc
> cross build). Even the classic tiny program that
> previously showed C++ exception handling was broken
> and would crash the program now works when
> re-compiled and re-linked. Commands that were
> previous broken now work.
>=20
> (But my testing is nearly minimal at this point.)
>=20
> The kernel is from gcc421.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I did try booting a kernel built by system-clang 4
> and it got to:
>=20
> exec /sbin/init: error 13
>=20
> and a later alignment exception at sf_buf_alloc+0x260
>=20
> (Hand transcribed screen information.)
>=20
> This is the same as the last time that I tried
> such. The exception involved:
>=20
> exec_map_first_page
> kern_execve
> sys_execve
> start_init
> fork_exit
> fork_trampoline
>=20
>=20
>=20
> For the gcc 4.2.1 based kernel boot I have
> had  one odd fatal kernel trap (0x903a64a,
> "unknown") where the lr showed 0x907f . It
> reported being stopped at:
>=20
> ffs_truncate+0x1080
>=20
> It appears that "call doadump" worked but
> I've not looked at what was put in
> /var/crash/ .

If I leave the PowerMac idle running:

# uname -paKU
FreeBSD FBSDG4S 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT  r317820M  powerpc =
powerpc 1200030 1200030

it eventually gets the same ffs_truncate-tied fatal
kernel trap, with the same odd lr and the like.

So, while I cannot directly cause the problem
at a specific time, the problem is repeatable.

I did not build the kernel with a so-called
"red-zone" to work around any stack-operation
ordering problems that might still be around.
But I do not know that such is involved here.
It may be a while before I manage to get that
much of an analysis done.

=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net




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