On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 01:29:45AM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:09 +0400 Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 12:28:35PM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > > On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:19:24 +0400 Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:15:07PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I ran into a problem that might be triggered by Peter's recent > > > > > changes to procfs. Namely, the buildworld procedure would fail in > > > > > the procfs module if MODULES_WITH_WORLD were set. I noticed it > > > > > first in CURRENT and then tested it in a clean environment by > > > > > building a freshly CVSup'd RELENG_6 on a freshly installed > > > > > 5.4-RELEASE, > > > > > with MODULES_WITH_WORLD set. I think it's a route of upgrading > > > > > quite a few people will follow. > > > > > > > > > > Here's the diagnostics: > > [snip] > > > > The problem appears to have to do with Peter's changes to procfs: > > > > The procfs source files now include opt_compat.h, which is not > > > > available by default when building with MODULES_WITH_WORLD set. > > > > The attached patch seems to fix the problem in the conventional > > > > way. However, I'm unsure which COMPAT_* options are really needed > > > > to the procfs module. COMPAT_43 should be enough according to my > > > > quick examining /sys/fs/procfs. > > > > > > Was the case corrected in BETA2? A couple of days ago I upgraded from > > > CURRENT (middle of June 2005) to BETA1. The problem existed but the > > > patch helped. > > > Alas, no one has displayed interest in fixing this bug since I left > > for vacation. I committed the fix to CURRENT today although I don't > > use procfs, which is a kind of a situation I hate. MFC to RELENG_6 > > is due in 3 days. > > Could you (or somebody else) MFC the patch to RELENG_6?
RELENG_6 is frozen now, so I must receive RE's approval before merging my change to the branch. Discussion with re@ and some expert developers is under way. Applying for the approval has appeared the best way to draw attention to the issue :-) -- Yar _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
