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Re: [patch+NEWS] Avoid false valgrind warnings on linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx

Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:

> +  /* Below we'll mmap a non-executable page, which under Valgrind
> +     results in annoying warnings such as
> +     "Bad permissions for mapped region at address 0xfoobar".
> +     Just skip the whole test if running under Valgrind.  */
> +#ifdef HAVE_RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND
> +  if (RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND)
> +    return;
> +#endif

Wouldn't it be enough for gdb to ship with an appropriate suppression
file?

Andreas.

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