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| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/file_system_exerciser.mdwn | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/glibc.mdwn | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/gnumach_rpc_timeouts.mdwn | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_red-black_trees.mdwn | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/largefile.mdwn | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn | 11 |
6 files changed, 107 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/open_issues/file_system_exerciser.mdwn b/open_issues/file_system_exerciser.mdwn index 4277e5e7..c51863b9 100644 --- a/open_issues/file_system_exerciser.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/file_system_exerciser.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 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 @@ -13,3 +13,17 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] Test our file system implementations with the File System Exerciser. * <http://codemonkey.org.uk/projects/fsx/> + + +# Alternatives + + +## fs_mark + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-30 + + <pinotree> mcsim: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fsmark/ + <pinotree> mcsim: just saw it in debian's NEW queue and from the + description it seemed like something it could be helpful for you + <pinotree> (and in general to test fs'es) diff --git a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn index 6c52cc7f..1ce47560 100644 --- a/open_issues/glibc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/glibc.mdwn @@ -189,6 +189,35 @@ Last reviewed up to the [[Git mirror's d40c5d54cb551acba4ef1617464760c5b3d41a14 `open_by_handle_at`, `process_vm_readv`, `process_vm_writev`, `sendmmsg`, `setns`, `sync_file_range` + * `chflags` + + IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2012-04-27: + + <Steap> Does anyone have any idea why int main(void) { return + chflags(); } will compile with gcc but not with g++ ? It says + that "chflags" was not declared in this scope. + <Steap> I get the same error on FreeBSD, but including sys/stat.h + makes it work + <Steap> Can't find a solution on Hurd though :/ + <youpi> the Hurd doesn't have chflags + <youpi> apparently linux neither + <youpi> what does it do? + <Steap> change flags :) + <Steap> Are you sure the Hurd does not have chflags ? Because gcc + does not complain + <youpi> there is no chflags function in /usr/include + <youpi> but what flags does it change? + <Steap> According to the FreeBSD manpage, it can set flags such as + UF_NODUMP, UF_IMMUTABLE etc. + <youpi> Hum, there is actually a chflags() definition + <youpi> but no declaration + <youpi> so actually chflags is supported, but the declaration was + forgotten + <youpi> probably because since linux doens't have it, it has never + been a problem up to now + <youpi> so I'd say ignore the error for now, we'll add the + declaration + * `getcontext`/`setcontext` Needed for [[gccgo]]. diff --git a/open_issues/gnumach_rpc_timeouts.mdwn b/open_issues/gnumach_rpc_timeouts.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..68cfcb5a --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/gnumach_rpc_timeouts.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]] + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-28 + + <pinotree> uhm, apparently mach cannot handle timeouts for rpc's of more + than (2^(sizeof(mach_msg_timeout_t) * 8) - 1) / HZ + <pinotree> it seems that how ticks are calculated in mach, it becomes 0 + <pinotree> +because of diff --git a/open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_red-black_trees.mdwn b/open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_red-black_trees.mdwn index d77bea32..17263099 100644 --- a/open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_red-black_trees.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/gnumach_vm_map_red-black_trees.mdwn @@ -140,3 +140,15 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <braunr> i'll commit it soon then <youpi> I'd say feel free to, yes <braunr> thanks + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-27 + + <braunr> elmig: don't expect anything grand though, this patch is mostly + useful when address spaces get really fragmented, which mainly happens on + buildds + <braunr> (and it only speeds lookups, which isn't as good as reducing + fragmentation; things like fork still have to copy thousands of map + entries) + +[[glibc/fork]]. diff --git a/open_issues/largefile.mdwn b/open_issues/largefile.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a6f76a0e --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/largefile.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_hurd]] + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-26 + + <pinotree> i kind of understood why (at least in some parts) largefile doesn't seem to work properly + <pinotree> libdiskfs/io-seek.c, SEEK_SET case: cred->po->filepointer = offset; + <pinotree> offset is off_t, which becomes off64_t when compiled with largefile, but filepointer seems to be... int + <pinotree> at least in libdiskfs/diskfs.h, while in libnetfs/netfs.h seems ok (loff_t) + <pinotree> diskfs.h is a public header though :/ + <youpi> well, we can change the soname to mark ABI change diff --git a/open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn b/open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn index f8ef4ae7..d243aaaa 100644 --- a/open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn @@ -126,3 +126,14 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <youpi> phew <youpi> confirmed that moving libpthread to glibc fixes the gcc/binutils no-add-needed issue + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-27 + + <pinotree> youpi: wouldn't be the case to rename ia32 subdirs to i386 in + libpthread? + <pinotree> after all, Makefile hardcodes it, Makefile.am sets the variable + for it, and glibc expects i386 + <youpi> I know, I've asked tschwinge about it + <youpi> it's not urging anyway + <pinotree> right |