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author | https://me.yahoo.com/a/g3Ccalpj0NhN566pHbUl6i9QF0QEkrhlfPM-#b1c14 <diana@web> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2015-02-16 20:08:03 +0100 |
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diff --git a/open_issues/automatic_backtraces_when_assertions_hit.mdwn b/open_issues/automatic_backtraces_when_assertions_hit.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index df7294e9..00000000 --- a/open_issues/automatic_backtraces_when_assertions_hit.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!tag open_issue_glibc]] - - -# IRC, unknown channel, unknown date - - <azeem> tschwinge: ext2fs.static: thread-cancel.c:55: hurd_thread_cancel: Assertion `! __spin_lock_locked (&ss->critical_section_lock)' failed. - <youpi> it'd be great if we could have backtraces in such case - <youpi> at least just the function names - <youpi> and in this case (static), just addresses would be enough - - -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-19 - -In context of the [[ext2fs_libports_reference_counting_assertion]]. - - <braunr> pinotree: tschwinge: do you know if our packages are built with - -rdynamic ? - <pinotree> braunr: debian's cflags don't include it, so unless the upstream - build systems do, -rdynamic is not added - <braunr> i doubt glibc' backtrace() is able to find debugging symbol files - on its own - <pinotree> what do you mean? - <braunr> the port reference bug youpi noticed is rare - <pinotree> even on linux, a program compiled with normal optimizations (eg - -O2 -g) can give just pointer values in backtrace()'s output - <braunr> core dumps are unreliable at best - -[[crash_server]]. - - <braunr> uh, no, backtrace does give names - <braunr> but not with -fomit-frame-pointer - <braunr> unless the binary is built with -rdynamic - <braunr> at least it used to - <pinotree> not really, when being optimized some steps can be optimized - away (eg inlines) - <braunr> that's ok - <braunr> anyway, the point is i'd like a way that can give us as much - information as possible when the problem happens - <braunr> the stack trace being the most useful imo - <pinotree> do you face issues currently with backtrace()? - <braunr> not tried yet - <braunr> i guess i could make the application trap in the kernel, and fault - there, so we can attach gdb while still in the pager address space :> - <pinotree> that would imply the need for interactivity when the fault - happens, wouldn't it? - <braunr> no - <braunr> it would remain this way until someone comes, hours, days later - <braunr> pinotree: well ok, it would require interactivity, but not *when* - it happens ;p - <braunr> pinotree: right, it needs -rdynamic - - -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-21 - - <braunr> tschwinge: my current "approach" is to introduce an infinite loop - <braunr> it makes the faulting task mapped in often enough to use gdb - through qemu - <braunr> ... :) - <tschwinge> My understanding is that glibc already does have some mechanism - for that: I have seen it print backtraces whendetecting malloc - inconsistencies (double free and the lite). - <braunr> yes, i thought it used the backtrace functions internally though - <braunr> that is, execinfo - <braunr> but this does require -rdynamic - - -# GCC's libbacktrace - -Introduced in GCC commit ecd3459e7bb829202601e3274411135a15c64dde. |