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From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: Revert: [obv] Code cleanup: Move print_command_1 expr variable scope
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:24:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5515AE5A.50709@ericsson.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150327192231.GA21247@host1.jankratochvil.net>

On 15-03-27 03:22 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:15:13 +0100, Simon Marchi wrote:
>> I think this patch is wrong. Starting with that commit (f30d5c7),
>> some tests (e.g. mi-break.exp) started to fail for me, because
>> of gdb segfaulting. Backtrace here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/10690836/
>>
>> The address of expr is passed to the cleanup. When the cleanup is ran,
>> expr is no longer in scope, so what is at that address is probably not
>> safe to use anymore. That's my guess.
> 
> yes, you are sure right, I have reverted it now.
> 
> Sorry I made that commit somehow automatically, not expecting it may have any
> side effects.

I would have done the same. I must say I was very surprised when git bisect
told me that was the culprit. Very very sneaky bug...


> Thanks,
> Jan
> 

      reply	other threads:[~2015-03-27 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-26 17:46 Jan Kratochvil
2015-03-27 19:15 ` Simon Marchi
2015-03-27 19:22   ` Revert: " Jan Kratochvil
2015-03-27 19:24     ` Simon Marchi [this message]

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