Re: crash on solaris9/sparc with 4.1.31

Joseph Tam wrote:
..
> gcc -fno-hosted
>
>     Shouldn't the default gcc flags have "-fno-hosted" for both
>     pfil and ipf to avoid these error message when loading the
>     kernel modules:
>
>         unix: WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'pfil'
>         unix: /kernel/drv/sparcv9/pfil: undefined symbol
>         unix:  'memset'

Actually, I think the problem is the missing -ffreestanding.


> Missing /usr/xpg4/bin/grep
>
>     I don't have the XPG4 version of grep so some of the boot
>     and packaging scripts reports errors.  It's only used to
>     test the eixstence of strings in a file, so how about
>     replacing
>
>         /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -q ...
>
>     with
>
>         grep >/dev/null ...
>
>     This works for GNU grep, /usr/bin/grep and /usr/xpg4/bin/grep.

So in that case the actual statement needs to look like this:
MIOCPULLUP:sh=/usr/ccs/bin/nm -p /dev/ksyms|grep miocpullup >/dev/null
2>&1; if ...

Does that work for you?


> arc4random.c
> ...
>    It looks like some bug in the system header rather than ipfilter
>     (or perhaps I'm using the wrong OS specific gcc).  Whatever the
>     reason, since it doesn't seem to be required, can't this include
>     statemen just be removed?

I've got a funny feeling that it is needed, somewhere else...
It feels like I should upload a 4.1.32-RC0.

> Kernel crash?
>
>     When should IPF be recompiled?  Every time "uname -v" changes, or
>     perhaps only when the major patch# changes?

To be safe, every time "uname -v" changes.

To diagnose crashes on Solaris 8 and 9, download this package:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/CTEact-8.5.17.tar.gz
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/CTEactx-8.5.17.tar.gz

.. install that and email me the act.# file from /var/crash/foo.

Darren