Hi Eric,
> > - In the configuration test, keep room to both sides of the ss_sp value.
> > On IRIX, we don't want the test to crash. We want it to exit(1)
> reasonably.
>
> We need to do this consistently, then. The subsequent configure check
> (whether
> longjmp works from a stack overf
Bruno Haible clisp.org> writes:
> > Here's the minimal patch needed to CVS libsigsegv to expose the bug, as
> > well as work around it for Irix 5.3.
>
> Nice work! I'm applying this only slightly modified version.
> - In the configuration test, keep room to both sides of the ss_sp value.
>
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:01:23AM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Tom G. Christensen wrote:
> > cc-3316 cc: ERROR File = handler-unix.c, Line = 490
> > The expression must be a pointer to a complete object type.
> >
> > ss.ss_sp = extra_stack + extra_stack_size - sizeof (void *);
> >
Tom G. Christensen wrote:
> I grabbed this and tried to build it on Irix 5.3, 6.2 & 6.5(.30m).
> All 3 platforms report:
> checking for correct stack_t interpretation... no
Even IRIX 6.5?! Thanks for the info.
> cc-3316 cc: ERROR File = handler-unix.c, Line = 490
> The expression must be a poin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Blake writes:
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>According to Tom G. Christensen on 9/21/2008 2:30 PM:
>> cc-3316 cc: ERROR File = handler-unix.c, Line = 490
>> The expression must be a pointer to a complete object type.
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>> ss.ss_sp =
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According to Tom G. Christensen on 9/21/2008 2:30 PM:
> cc-3316 cc: ERROR File = handler-unix.c, Line = 490
> The expression must be a pointer to a complete object type.
>
> ss.ss_sp = extra_stack + extra_stack_size - sizeof (void *);
>
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 04:03:54PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> > Here's the minimal patch needed to CVS libsigsegv to expose the bug, as
> > well as work around it for Irix 5.3.
>
> Nice work! I'm applying this only slightly modified version.
> - In the configuration test, keep ro
Hi Eric,
> Here's the minimal patch needed to CVS libsigsegv to expose the bug, as
> well as work around it for Irix 5.3.
Nice work! I'm applying this only slightly modified version.
- In the configuration test, keep room to both sides of the ss_sp value.
On IRIX, we don't want the test to
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According to Eric Blake on 9/16/2008 4:50 PM:
> I've finally figured out why c-stack is being finicky on Irix 5.3 [1]. POSIX
> requires that sigaltstack be given ss_sp pointing to the smallest address in
> the alternate stack. But Irix is non-compl
