From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rock.gnat.com (rock.gnat.com [IPv6:2620:20:4000:0:a9e:1ff:fe9b:1d1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1363854802 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:15:03 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 3E1363854802 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=adacore.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=brobecker@adacore.com Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D05116D68; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:15:02 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id zZeTS7O77vOS; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:15:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from float.home (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DE34116D44; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:15:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by float.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 275F6A671E; Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:14:57 +0400 (+04) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:14:57 +0400 From: Joel Brobecker To: Simon Marchi Cc: Phillip Raffeck , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB 10.1 breaks Linux lx-symbols Message-ID: <20210128031457.GM1499846@adacore.com> References: <20210127122059.4qtoiuzbexyxrmgz@fillepad.localdomain> <767c0e82-6a84-c429-5a45-60708df69a29@polymtl.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <767c0e82-6a84-c429-5a45-60708df69a29@polymtl.ca> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:15:04 -0000 Hello, > > the value subscript bug present in 10.1 and fixed in commit > > 5b56203a7cadd545b33713e98e274e582242e090 breaks, among others, the > > lx-symbols command from the Linux kernels gdb scripts, as these rely on > > iterating the sections of the loaded modules, which in turn uses array > > subscripting. > > > > As the bug fix has already made it into branch gdb-10-branch, are there > > any plans to release a version 10.2 with bug fixes any time soon? > > > > Note: I know, you're not responsible for the gdb scripts of the Linux > > kernel, I just wanted give a real-world example of consequences stemming > > from that bug. > > > > Best regards > > Phillip Raffeck > > > > Hi! > > It all depends on our release manager, Joel, but yes in theory GDB 10.2 is > coming eventually, I just can't tell when. This is timely. I was thinking of starting the discussions about the 10.2 release early February. From there, I'm hoping we'll be able to release before the end of February, but that depends on the number of pending issues that we've identified and the speed at which we resolve them. > I have some more series I would like to propose for GDB 10, but they are > pending review. > > [PATCH 00/13] DWARF 5 rnglists & loclists fixes (PR 26813) > https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-January/175221.html > > [PATCH 0/4] Fix CU expansion queue-related problems > https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-November/173372.html > > Simon -- Joel