Doc writers - contributors

2015-01-20 Thread Tom
Dear gnu/hurd friends, I am very interested in helping you create documentation for gnu/hurd development. I do not have a lot of coding experience, but I am a freelance writer who has used Linux since 2008, in various flavors, as my preferred OS. I would also be interested in creating tutorials

Re: [PATCH hurd 2/2] utils/rpctrace: fix notification port handling

2015-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 20:30:59 +0100, a écrit : > * utils/rpctrace.c (new_receiver_info): Fix handling of old > notification port. Ack, thanks! > --- > utils/rpctrace.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/utils/rpctrace.c b/utils/rpctrace.c > i

Re: [PATCH hurd 1/2] console: fix error and notification port handling

2015-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 20:30:58 +0100, a écrit : > This fixes a deallocation of an invalid port notably seen on system > shutdown. Ack, thanks! > * console/display.c (free_modreqs): Handle errors of > `mach_port_request_notification' and check whether the old > notification port was va

[PATCH hurd 1/2] console: fix error and notification port handling

2015-01-20 Thread Justus Winter
This fixes a deallocation of an invalid port notably seen on system shutdown. * console/display.c (free_modreqs): Handle errors of `mach_port_request_notification' and check whether the old notification port was valid. (do_mach_notify_msg_accepted): Likewise. (display_notice_filechange): Likewise.

[PATCH hurd 2/2] utils/rpctrace: fix notification port handling

2015-01-20 Thread Justus Winter
* utils/rpctrace.c (new_receiver_info): Fix handling of old notification port. --- utils/rpctrace.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/utils/rpctrace.c b/utils/rpctrace.c index 62d3c87..48daa07 100644 --- a/utils/rpctrace.c +++ b/utils/rpctrace.c @@ -404,7 +404,8

Re: [PATCH hurd 0/6] Add file record locking support

2015-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Svante Signell, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 11:19:21 +0100, a écrit : > > I don't think tdbtorture forks with locks held: AIUI it just starts > > several processes and let them play at will with locks, without creating > > or terminating them. > > Looking at the code of tdbtorture.c it forks a lot of proce

Re: [PATCH glibc] Add file record locking support

2015-01-20 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 01:06 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Svante Signell, le Thu 08 Jan 2015 19:54:12 +0100, a écrit : > > You made me confused, so all changes were not made. I think the malloc > > version was better for symmetry reasons. Changed anyway. > > Which symmetry? You mean

Re: [PATCH hurd 0/6] Add file record locking support

2015-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Svante Signell, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 11:19:21 +0100, a écrit : > On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 01:37 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for reviving this, it'll definitely be useful! > > > > Svante Signell, le Thu 08 Jan 2015 12:28:05 +0100, a écrit : > > > 1) l_pid of struct flock is

Re: [PATCH hurd 0/6] Add file record locking support

2015-01-20 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 01:37 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for reviving this, it'll definitely be useful! > > Svante Signell, le Thu 08 Jan 2015 12:28:05 +0100, a écrit : > > 1) l_pid of struct flock is not set. According to the manpage (and > > posix) the PID of the process bl