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Re: gdb-7.8 branching status update
- From: Doug Evans <xdje42 at gmail dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>, "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>, Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 01:22:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: gdb-7.8 branching status update
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- References: <20140602172105 dot GC30686 at adacore dot com> <538CB897 dot 6050703 at redhat dot com>
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2014 06:21 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>
>> - infrun regression on platforms using software single step (Eg AIX).
>> See PR gdb/17000. A patch was sent this past weekend, and is
>> awaiting review.
>
> I've been poking at this one all day long. I noticed something while
> reviewing it, and then hit a stack of issues. I'll reply very soon.
>
> I think the break-interp.exp crashes should be a blocker too:
>
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-05/msg00731.html
>
> Also, I've now noticed that running the testsuite against
> gdbserver has several regressions compared to a month or
> so ago. :-/
I'm not sure this is a blocker, but I've started to notice gdb segvs
in corefile.exp.
vdso target sections are not removed when a new core is loaded, and
gdb is referencing memory from an already-freed bfd.
At any rate I'm going to file a pr tomorrow.