Re: gdb-7.8 branching status update

Joel Brobecker
2014-06-03T13:43:44Z

> > 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.

I've added an entry in the TODO of our wiki page. If you have
a PR, can you add the reference there? From what I understand,
Pedro was going to look at it, so I put his name on the entry.

Can we get a quick update on where we stand on the performance
regression AI?

Thanks!
--
Joel