Control: tags -1 confirmed James Cowgill: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: unblock > > Hi, > > Please unblock package bind9 > > This version fixes RC bug #778720 where bind9 randomly crashes on MIPS. > The MIPS atomics implementation was buggy (register constraints were > wrong and there were no memory barriers) and to fix it I just replaced > it with C11 atomics. Only the MIPS part was replaced - this update > should have no effect on other architectures. > > I've tested the new version under heavy load for an hour or so on the 3 > MIPS architectures and it seems to be OK. Previously it would crash > within 5 mins. > > I've attached the debdiff. Since that isn't the easiest to read, I also > attach the diff of lib/isc/mips/include/isc/atomic.h (the only file > changed) between the version in testing and unstable. > > There is another RC bug affecting bind9 (#860225), but that bug is not a > regression from stretch. > > Thanks, > James > > unblock bind9/1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.2 >
Ack from here, CC'ing KiBi for a d-i ack. Thanks, ~Niels
