From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4766 invoked by alias); 16 Mar 2011 09:32:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 4756 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Mar 2011 09:32:46 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:32:40 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2G9WWg4014078 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:32:33 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2G9WULU004450 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:32:32 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2G9WUG4027355; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:32:30 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2G9WSJ1027345; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:32:28 +0100 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:20:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Daniel Jacobowitz Subject: Re: [patch] [gdbserver] Fix multi-GB error log files Message-ID: <20110316093228.GA27281@host1.jankratochvil.net> References: <20110306115536.GA31532@host1.jankratochvil.net> <201103151836.02729.pedro@codesourcery.com> <20110315191824.GA1912@host1.jankratochvil.net> <201103151941.16708.pedro@codesourcery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201103151941.16708.pedro@codesourcery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-03/txt/msg00836.txt.bz2 Hi Pedro, if the only concern is the late release cycle phase it can wait. When it waited so many ears I do not find a need to provide a temporary testsuite-only fix just to fix the 7.3 gdbserver testsuite. So the question is whether do you want to fix the racey user-facing behavior of gdbserver or not, independent of the GDB release cycle. Thanks, Jan On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:41:16 +0100, Pedro Alves wrote: > On Tuesday 15 March 2011 19:18:24, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > > > To remove the racy case some kind of backward compatibility with current > > setups has to be broken. > > No doubt. As I said, I'm not sure there's a single right answer. > I think it'd be prudent to consider such a socket change early in > the release cycle, not late. If you can fix the testsuite with > just the --once change (or something else), then I am suggesting > we consider that (more pressing issue) independently of > fixing this particular race. > > > If you want to keep the racy behavior for users (for its other benefits) I can > > propose a patch fixing only the testsuite and not affecting the normal > > gdbserver executions by users in any way. > > Sounds like a plan. > > -- > Pedro Alves