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Re: [rfa] Revert the problematic free()
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:31:27 -0500
- Subject: Re: [rfa] Revert the problematic free()
- References: <3E8EEA0A.2010801@redhat.com>
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 09:36:58AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The attached disables the free() that is causing GDB vs BFD vs STABS
> memory corruption bugs. It isn't that much of a disaster as it is
> simply restoring the previous behavior.
>
> ok?
For what it's worth, I think this patch should go in. I have some
ideas about a proper long-term fix for this based on Ian's comments,
but it won't happen soon; and the bug is messing up GDB test results.
> 2003-04-05 Andrew Cagney <cagney at redhat dot com>
>
> * simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Disable
> free that leads to GDB vs BFD memory corruption.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer