[tjr@FreeBSD.org: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread/arch/amd64/amd64 context.S]

[Peter Wemm]

On Monday 07 June 2004 02:50 pm, Tim Robbins wrote:
> Anyone who has resorted to using libc_r instead of libpthread on
> amd64 should update their sources (ensuring they get context.S
> revision 1.6), rebuild and reinstall libpthread (or world), then give
> it another try. The bug I just fixed looks to have been responsible
> for the mysterious crashes I was seeing in Mozilla/Firefox, XMMS and
> GNOME.

For what its worth, I immediately rebuild my libpthread and turned off 
the libmap.conf mapping I'd forgotten about, and now firefox is as 
stable as it was with libc_r.  I ran with firefox+libc_r at home, and 
with libpthread at work.  Now they both work reliably.  Thanks a 
million!

>
> Tim
>
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> From: "Tim J. Robbins" <tjr at FreeBSD.org>
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:25:17 +0000 (UTC)
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> Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread/arch/amd64/amd64 context.S
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> tjr         2004-06-07 21:25:16 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     lib/libpthread/arch/amd64/amd64 context.S
>   Log:
>   Avoid clobbering the red zone when running on the new context's
> stack in _amd64_restore_context().
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.6       +5 -0      src/lib/libpthread/arch/amd64/amd64/context.S
>
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