From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 14:56:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E723316A4CF; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:56:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-out5.xs4all.nl (smtp-out5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3413A43D46; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:56:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-out5.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2CMuQ7U021279; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:56:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2CMuQTj006024; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:56:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i2CMuQWD006023; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:56:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:56:26 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20040312225626.GA5976@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200403121543.03123.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040312212836.GA5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200403121715.52419.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403121715.52419.jhb@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Testers Needed!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:56:29 -0000 On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:15:52PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 12 March 2004 04:28 pm, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:43:03PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > Ok, two patches that I need someone to test. First off, I have some > > > fixes to allow ptrace() to be marked MP safe again w/o generating a lock > > > order reversal. This patch is at > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/alpha.ptrace.patch > > > > > > Note that you will have to do a 'make init_sysent.c' in sys/kern after > > > patching to get the updated ptrace flag before building a new kernel. > > > > Anything special to be done for testing this one? > > Ah, yes, forgot to mention. Test out gdb and make sure simple things like > attaching to a process and then detaching from it, breakpoints, etc. work ok > w/o generating a LOR warning (which means you have to have WITNESS on for > this test). Thanks for testing these. I'm by no standard a gdb specialist but I played with it with a WITNESS equipped kernel and it did not complain about LOR. On a UP DS10 btw. Gonna try the other patch next. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org