Re: The newest gdb 8.3 crash on OpenBSD

Nan Xiao
2020-02-04T09:20:07Z

Hi Simon,

Got it, thanks again for your help!

Best Regards
Nan Xiao

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 1:00 AM Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> wrote:
>
> On 2020-02-01 5:47 a.m., Nan Xiao wrote:
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > Thanks very much for your reply!
> >
> > Yes, you are correct! After checking gdb/config.h, I found all ptrace
> > related macros are undefined:
> >
> > /* Define if sys/ptrace.h defines the PTRACE_GETFPXREGS request. */
> > /* #undef HAVE_PTRACE_GETFPXREGS */
> >
> > /* Define if sys/ptrace.h defines the PTRACE_GETREGS request. */
> > /* #undef HAVE_PTRACE_GETREGS */
> >
> > /* Define to 1 if you have the <ptrace.h> header file. */
> > /* #undef HAVE_PTRACE_H */
> >
> > /* Define if sys/ptrace.h defines the PT_GETDBREGS request. */
> > /* #undef HAVE_PT_GETDBREGS */
> >
> > /* Define if sys/ptrace.h defines the PT_GETXMMREGS request. */
> > /* #undef HAVE_PT_GETXMMREGS */
> >
> > I checked the header files, there is no /usr/include/ptrace.h. There
> > is /usr/include/sys/ptrace.h, but the real definitions (such as
> > PT_GETREGS, PT_SETREGS, etc) are in system related header files. E.g.,
> > in my OS, it is in /usr/include/amd64/ptrace.h. I checked OpenBSD's
> > gdb port (gdb 7.12.1, http://openports.se/devel/gdb), it seems I need
> > more tweak to make gdb work on OpenBSD, not as simple as just
> > "configure" and "make".
> >
> > Anyway, thanks very much again for your time and help!
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Nan Xiao
>
> Ok, it would be nice if GDB worked, instead of crashed, with a simple ./configure && make on
> OpenBSD. If you manage to make it work, please consider sending a patch so that other users
> don't bump into this problem!
>
> Simon