Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:38 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> To: current@FreeBSD.org Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch to fix crashing experienced while using GDB Message-ID: <1208208998.1279.54.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost> References: <1208208513.1279.51.camel@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:28 -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > Hello, > > Some time ago, I got the attached patch from jhb (IIRC). It has worked > 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. > > 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? 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: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gdb/target.c?rev=1.79&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src -- Coleman Kane [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkgDzmQACgkQcMSxQcXat5fH/QCeK+qWkbh96H61P6xvc2NGYGXT BUQAnjbqt1ERE9dxVObf48Q+/8S6AzH2 =g3fU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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