Chris Quenelle wrote:
> > Is there any tool which provides the "dbx -check access" functionality
> > for Solaris/AMD64 ? I am hitting a serious probem with ksh93 right now
> > which is AMD64/64bit-specific and I am unable to track it down right
> > now... my normal route would be to use "dbx -check access" but dbx in
> > Studio 11 just says this:
> > -- snip --
> > (dbx) check -access
> > dbx: warning: access checking is not available on x86
> > access checking - OFF
> > -- snip --
> > It seems "valgrind" is not available on Solaris/AMD64, libumem is
> > useless because ksh93 uses libast's memory allocator (which is quite
> > complex and cannot easily be replaced by something else) and I do not
> > have a Rational Purify license... ;-(
> >
> > Any ideas/suggestions/etc. welcome...
> 
> The dbx group is actively working on implementing access checking
> on x86, but we don't have very much confidence right now that
> we'll be able to implement anything that operates in less than
> glacial time.

Well, the code I am working on right now is ksh93 and that is not really
a CPU-hungry monster application... I would even be happy with something
which needs 50times more time for execution...

BTW: What about using "valgrind"'s solution to rewrite the code on
demand (e.g. replace priviledged instructions etc.) ?

> To make this practical, we need the following RFE implemented in
> Solaris x86:
> 
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6284894

Uhm... I thought the "utrap" feature is something unique to the
UltraSPARC hardware... or am I completely wrong here ?

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Roland

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