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Date:      Sat, 6 May 2017 00:06:06 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net>
To:        FreeBSD Toolchain <freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: llvm FreeBSD powerpc ABI target bug fix: Re: [Bug 26519] Clang 4.0.0's "Target: powerpc-unknown-freebsd11.0" code generation is violating the SVR4 ABI (SEGV can result)
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References:  <bug-26519-7604@http.bugs.llvm.org/> <bug-26519-7604-UhFFHDCAay@http.bugs.llvm.org/> <0103401A-CEEA-4992-A45E-E60EA151119B@dsl-only.net> <893ECA11-7C80-4D24-A496-92ADC7978A07@FreeBSD.org> <8F708AD1-055E-41BD-BD92-6A87C5FBAA60@dsl-only.net> <78CD5050-2B2B-4213-AF11-7EF744F608B2@dsl-only.net> <E177E5EE-25EB-4CBA-9C0F-7209AFF30749@dsl-only.net> <C9CB8645-472E-40D9-B193-E977F842C37B@dsl-only.net>

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On 2017-May-5, at 10:13 PM, Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> wrote:


> On 2017-May-5, at 6:11 PM, Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> wrote:
>=20
>>>> . . .
>>>>=20
>>>> For the gcc 4.2.1 based kernel boot I have
>>>> had  one odd fatal kernel trap (0x903a64a,
>>>> "unknown") where the lr showed 0x907f . It
>>>> reported being stopped at:
>>>>=20
>>>> ffs_truncate+0x1080
>>>>=20
>>>> It appears that "call doadump" worked but
>>>> I've not looked at what was put in
>>>> /var/crash/ .
>>>=20
>>> If I leave the PowerMac idle running:

It also happens when busy.

>>> # uname -paKU
>>> FreeBSD FBSDG4S 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT  r317820M  powerpc =
powerpc 1200030 1200030
>>>=20
>>> it eventually gets the same ffs_truncate-tied fatal
>>> kernel trap, with the same odd lr and the like.
>>>=20
>>> So, while I cannot directly cause the problem
>>> at a specific time, the problem is repeatable.
>>>=20
>>> . . .
>>=20
>> The ffs_truncate issue is odd:
>>=20
>> A) It was gcc 4.2.1 based for both kernel and world.
>> B) I built a gcc 4.2.1 based debug kernel and
>>  installed it but that does not get the problem.
>>=20
>> I sam trying the gcc 4.2.1 debug kernel with the
>> system clang 4 world now and will later switch
>> to the gcc 4.2.1 non-debug kernel to see what
>> happens.
>>=20
>> But being a pure gcc 4.2.1 environment originally
>> suggests that the ffs_truncate issue is not
>> clang-toolchain related.
>=20
> I found a bad (old) kernel module in /boot/kernel/
> and eliminating it appears to have removed the
> ffs_truncate problem.
>=20
> . . .

For the ffs_truncate problem I spoke too
soon: It happened again, this time while
the old PowerMac was busy.

The detail numbers and such were again the
same.


=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net




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