Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 03:07:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: bwithrow@BayNetworks.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GDB modifies shared libraries? Message-ID: <199809180307.UAA00463@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809171632.JAA11090@austin.polstra.com> from "John Polstra" at Sep 17, 98 09:32:08 am
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> Yes, it is a kernel bug. As far as I know, it doesn't actually modify > the file -- it just "updates" it with its original contents, changing > the timestamp. This appears to be a problem with the mmap code, and an ITIMES on a vm object for a page that has been improperly reused (from the other behaviour associated with a known mmap bug -- this could be an unrelated problem, however). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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