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From: mi@aldan.ziplink.net
Reply-To: mi@aldan.algebra.com
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: lmbench-1.1 dumps core after asking for memory size
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>Number:         4179
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       lmbench-1.1 dumps core after asking for memory size
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    fenner
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 27 08:30:01 PDT 1997
>Closed-Date:    Wed Apr 5 06:25:45 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Wed Apr  5 06:26:25 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Mikhail Teterin
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-970618-SNAP i386
>Organization:
>Environment:


>Description:

	lmbench-1.1 dies trying to figure out machine's memory
	parameters -- first, it asks for the raw disk device. Second
	-- for the size of RAM to be used by RAM-related benchmarks.
	Whatever you answer -- I tried 128, 32, and the default
	16, the ``memsize'' binary segfaults.  The configuration
	script gets the syntax error then.

>How-To-Repeat:

	See above.

>Fix:
	
	Not sure yet...
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To: mi@aldan.ziplink.net
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/4179: lmbench-1.1 dumps core after asking for memory size 
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:06:14 PDT

 Could you build with debugging and send in a traceback?  (Replying to
 this message will insert it into the audit trail of this bug report).
 "memsize" doesn't segfault for me.
 
 Thanks,
   Bill
 
 P.S. You're not using malloc flag A, right?  memsize depends on malloc
 failing, so malloc flag A will just interfere with memsize's operation.
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports->fenner 
Responsible-Changed-By: fenner 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Aug 12 22:23:35 PDT 1997 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
fenner is port maintainer 

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, fenner@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/4179: lmbench-1.1 dumps core after asking for memory size
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:21:12 +0200

 Problem not reproducible on 4.0-CURRENT (specifying 32MB). Waiting on
 originator for feedback on STABLE.
 
 Ciao,
 Sheldon.
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Mar 15 10:41:10 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Waiting for originator to try reproduce problem on 3.1-STABLE . 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Wed Apr 5 06:25:45 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Timed out waiting for feedback. 
>Unformatted:
