Hi, The git master have been more or less rock stable since NPTL branch was merged in (at least for x86).
Until the config parser commits. The problems are: * memory corruption due to assuming realloc returns same address as before. Patches was sent to this list. [1] [2] * endless loop in getservbyname when service is not known. Patch was sent [3]. * lines in /etc/protocols and /etc/services (and others?) longer than 80 chars still gives "interesting" restults. The logic for the realloc when buffer is too small in getserv*() and getproto*() is flawed and just don't work. (i can give details if someone is interested) * memory leaks when calling getservent(), getservbyname() and getservbyport() multiple times. (fairly simple to fix) * if you have comments with more than MAXALIASES words "interesting" things might happen Now, I think breaking git master temporary is ok. Its an acceptable price to pay for progress. I think its also ok that developers gets busy with other stuff and don't have time to give uclibc 100% attention. That happens to all. However, its not good that git master stays broken. So, I have a few options I think we should evaluate: 1. Revert the config parser commits, create a feature branch and put them there, where they can be debugged without stress. 2. Raise the line buffer size to 256 chars, which it seems to have been before. (things that still break at that size would probably have broken before too). Then rip out the code that tries to be smart by doing realloc when line buffer is too small. 3. Keep line buffer to 80 chars and fix the realloc logic, now. Option #2 and #3 implies that the patches[1][2][3] gets applied. I have some ideas for option #3, but not sure yet if it will work. The code will be somewhat complicated so I think the extra bytes saved might get lost in the extra code. In any case, I think we should do something *soon*, since current git master have been broken for too long. I can help but i need someone to review (sign-off?) and someone with git push access to get the changes in git master. Thanks! -- Natanael Copa [1] http://lists.uclibc.org/pipermail/uclibc/2010-September/044314.html [2] http://lists.uclibc.org/pipermail/uclibc/2010-September/044317.html [3] http://lists.uclibc.org/pipermail/uclibc/2010-September/044316.html _______________________________________________ uClibc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/uclibc
