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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn index 32c8aed8..aaaa68c3 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas.mdwn @@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ See also the list of [Hurd-related X.org project ideas](http://wiki.x.org/wiki/H [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/perl" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/libcap" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] [[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/xattr" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] +[[!inline pages="community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind" show=0 feeds=no actions=yes]] diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..319d33a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/valgrind.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="Porting valgrind to the Hurd"]] + +Valgrind is a very powerful tool to debunk bugs. However, in order to do so, it needs deep knowledge of the behavior of kernel traps. In the case of GNU/Hurd, there is a bunch of system calls that GNU Mach handles directly, but also all the MIG RPCs (Remote Procedure Calls) which return their result either inline or through memory allocated by the kernel. + +The goal is thus to teach valgrind the exact semantics of all MIG RPCs, most probably in an automatic way from the .defs files. + +As a starter, students can try to teach valgrind a couple of Linux ioctls, as this will make them learn how to use the read/write primitives of valgrind. + +Possible mentors: Samuel Thibault (youpi) |