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diff --git a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn index 623dcb83..2913eea8 100644 --- a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable @@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ sources, and for `libatomic_ops` to the rely on glibc internals. Or we instead add support to parse [[`/proc/`|hurd/translator/procfs]] (can even use the same as Linux?), or use some other interface. [[!tag open_issue_glibc]] + This is also likely the issue causing the GDB [[!tag open_issue_gdb]] + `GC_find_limit_with_bound` SIGSEGV startup confusion described in + [[binutils]]. * `#define SIG_SUSPEND SIGUSR1`, `#define SIG_THR_RESTART SIGUSR2` @@ -523,3 +526,28 @@ restults of GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd look very similar. <congzhang> hi, I am dotgnu work on hurd, and even winforms app <congzhang> s/am/make <congzhang> and maybe c# hello world translate another day :) + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-12-16 + + <braunr> gnu_srs: ah, libgc + <braunr> there are signal-related problems with libgc + + +## Leak Detection + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-17 + + <teythoon> I spent the last two days integrating libgc - the boehm + conservative garbage collector - into hurd + <teythoon> it can be used in leak detection mode + <azeem> whoa, cool + <teythoon> and it actually kind of works, finds malloc leaks in translators + <braunr> i think there were problems with signal handling in libgc + <braunr> i'm not sure we support nested signal handling well + <teythoon> yes, I read about them + <teythoon> libgc uses SIGUSR1/2, so any program installing handlers on them + will break + <azeem> (which is not a problem on Linux, cause there some RT-signals or so + are used) + <teythoon> yes |