Re: Fedora utrace changes break PPC GDB

Hi Roland,

> Hi, Ulrich.  Thanks for bringing these problems to my
attention.
> I have fixed them in "upstream" utrace (http://redhat.com/~
roland/utrace/)
> and those changes will appear in Fedora update kernels
before too long.
> I've also added regression tests for them to the
ptrace-tests suite
> (htt
p://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests).

Thanks for the quick fix!  I'll verify that it works for me
as soon as
the patches are included in Fedora.  (I'm assuming it is too
late for
them to get into Fedora 8 at this point, right?)

> These are not gdb issues at all, just Fedora kernel
bugs.  (Any
> regression in ptrace ABI behavior of this sort from
vanilla Linux kernels
> is an unintended bug.)  The normal method is to file
Fedora kernel bugs
> via https://bugzilla.redhat
.com/.  Since you know it's an issue with the
> utrace code, the feedback is always appreciated if you
want post to the
> utrace-develredhat.com mailing list about any such
issue.

Thanks, I'll do that if I find further utrace-related
problems.

Bye,
Ulrich

-- 
  Dr. Ulrich Weigand
  GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE
  Ulrich.Weigandde.ibm.com

> Thanks for the quick fix!  I'll verify that it works
for me as soon as
> the patches are included in Fedora.  (I'm assuming it
is too late for
> them to get into Fedora 8 at this point, right?)

Yeah, that ship sailed a few days ago.  But there is kernel
built already
(koji.fedoraproject.org) that will be an f8-updates kernel
soon, I'd guess
within a couple of days.

> > These are not gdb issues at all, just Fedora
kernel bugs.  (Any
> > regression in ptrace ABI behavior of this sort
from vanilla Linux kernels
> > is an unintended bug.)  The normal method is to
file Fedora kernel bugs
> > via https://bugzilla.redhat
.com/.  Since you know it's an issue with the
> > utrace code, the feedback is always appreciated if
you want post to the
> > utrace-develredhat.com mailing list about any such
issue.
> 
> Thanks, I'll do that if I find further utrace-related
problems.

Much appreciated.


Thanks,
Roland