Re: gdb-7.8 branching status update

Doug Evans
2014-06-03T08:22:57Z

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2014 06:21 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>
>> - infrun regression on platforms using software single step (Eg AIX).
>> See PR gdb/17000. A patch was sent this past weekend, and is
>> awaiting review.
>
> I've been poking at this one all day long. I noticed something while
> reviewing it, and then hit a stack of issues. I'll reply very soon.
>
> I think the break-interp.exp crashes should be a blocker too:
>
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-05/msg00731.html
>
> Also, I've now noticed that running the testsuite against
> gdbserver has several regressions compared to a month or
> so ago. :-/

I'm not sure this is a blocker, but I've started to notice gdb segvs
in corefile.exp.
vdso target sections are not removed when a new core is loaded, and
gdb is referencing memory from an already-freed bfd.
At any rate I'm going to file a pr tomorrow.