Re: [PATCH 4/4] options: discontinue -xversion=V as a valid option
Eugene Loh <[email protected]>
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Okay, but there must surely be test-suite changes. At the very least: * test/unittest/version/err.1.1.d The err.* tests should not simply fail; they should fail for the correct reason. * test/unittest/version/tst.1.0.d Maybe nothing else??? On 12/17/25 00:10, Kris Van Hees wrote: > DTrace allowed setting a previous version to operate in compatibility > mode. Unfortunately, it was not fully implemented. Translators are > not really versioned, and if a translator uses an identifier that does > not exist in the version specified in -xversion=V, data structures end > up corrupted. > > Since the usefulness of -xversion=V seems to be less than the effort > needed to rectify the implementation, we are no longer supporting this > option. > > Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <[email protected]> > --- > libdtrace/dt_options.c | 14 ++------------ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/libdtrace/dt_options.c b/libdtrace/dt_options.c > index 97516517..0a35e852 100644 > --- a/libdtrace/dt_options.c > +++ b/libdtrace/dt_options.c > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > #include <dt_pcap.h> > #include <dt_string.h> > #include <libproc.h> > +#include <port.h> > > static int > dt_opt_agg(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, const char *arg, uintptr_t option) > @@ -676,18 +677,7 @@ dt_opt_invcflags(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, const char *arg, uintptr_t option) > static int > dt_opt_version(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, const char *arg, uintptr_t option) > { > - dt_version_t v; > - > - if (arg == NULL) > - return dt_set_errno(dtp, EDT_BADOPTVAL); > - > - if (dt_version_str2num(arg, &v) == -1) > - return dt_set_errno(dtp, EDT_VERSINVAL); > - > - if (!dt_version_defined(v)) > - return dt_set_errno(dtp, EDT_VERSUNDEF); > - > - return dt_reduce(dtp, v); > + return dt_set_errno(dtp, ENOTSUPP); > } > > static int