Re: [PATCH] trans/fakeroot: override fshelp_isowner

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Tue 20 May 2014 09:46:02 +0200, a écrit : As of recently, fakeroot would fail to create symlinks: % fakeroot-hurd ln -s foo a ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘a’: Operation not permitted Fix this by overriding fshelp_isowner. Various netfs functions will call

since: FTBFS on hurd-i386

2014-05-20 Thread Svante Signell
Source: since Version: Severity: important Tags: patch User: debian-h...@lists.debian.org Usertags: hurd Hi, Currently since fails to build from source on GNU/Hurd due to failed tests. The problem is that dev_t is an unsigned integer, i.e. 4 bytes, on Hurd but since expects dev_t to be 8

Re: [PATCH 1/4] libdiskfs: add diskfs_make_node_alloc to allocate fat nodes

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Justus Winter, le Sun 18 May 2014 15:24:52 +0200, a écrit : - ino64_t cache_id; - int author_tracks_uid; + + /* This is the last field. We do this so that if the node is + allocated with the disknode in an contiguous block, it sits right + next to the user supplied

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, I would advise starting with trivial system calls, such as mach_thread_self, mach_task_self, and mach_host_self, which don't take any parameter, and just returns a port. That'll make you implement the basic infrastructure for the trap call. Then calls like task_terminate, task_suspend,

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
I forgot to mention: please come and stay on #hurd, so we get to talk whenever we happen to be connected at the same time. You will very probably need help with diving into valgrind and gnumach, don't hesitate to ask questions, we're here to help you! (but we can't help you if you don't come and

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:50:07PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: I would advise starting with trivial system calls, such as mach_thread_self, mach_task_self, and mach_host_self, which don't take any parameter, and just returns a port. That'll make you implement the basic infrastructure for the

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Tue 20 May 2014 23:42:24 +0200, a écrit : On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:50:07PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: I would advise starting with trivial system calls, such as mach_thread_self, mach_task_self, and mach_host_self, which don't take any parameter, and just returns a

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:50:28PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Richard Braun, le Tue 20 May 2014 23:42:24 +0200, a écrit : On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:50:07PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: I would advise starting with trivial system calls, such as mach_thread_self, mach_task_self, and

Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Wed 21 May 2014 00:45:51 +0200, a écrit : On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:50:28PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Richard Braun, le Tue 20 May 2014 23:42:24 +0200, a écrit : On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:50:07PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: I would advise starting with trivial

Re: [PATCH 1/5] libihash: fix typo

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Thu 15 May 2014 23:10:47 +0200, a écrit : * libihash/ihash.c (hurd_ihash_add): Fix typo. Ack. --- libihash/ihash.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libihash/ihash.c b/libihash/ihash.c index 151c1a7..f20ba61 100644 ---

Re: [PATCH 2/5] libihash: add hurd_ihash_get_load

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Thu 15 May 2014 23:10:48 +0200, a écrit : * libihash/ihash.c (hurd_ihash_add): Move the code computing the load factor of the hash table... * libihash/ihash.h (hurd_ihash_get_load): ... here, together with the comment describing the method and the rationale for chosing binary

Re: [PATCH 3/5] libihash: add hurd_ihash_value_valid

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Thu 15 May 2014 23:10:49 +0200, a écrit : * libihash/ihash.h (hurd_ihash_value_valid): New function. * libihash/ihash.c (index_empty): Use hurd_ihash_value_valid. Ack. --- libihash/ihash.c | 3 +-- libihash/ihash.h | 7 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2

Re: [PATCH 4/5] libihash: optimize lookup-or-insert operations

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Thu 15 May 2014 23:10:50 +0200, a écrit : If libihash is used to implement a cache, a insertion is always preceeded by a lookup. hurd_ihash_add has to do the lookup again. Provide a new pair of functions, hurd_ihash_locp_add and hurd_ihash_locp_find, that can be used in

Re: [PATCH 5/5] include: add lock-less reference counting primitives

2014-05-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Thu 15 May 2014 23:10:51 +0200, a écrit : * include/refcount.h: New file. Ack. --- include/refcount.h | 263 + 1 file changed, 263 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/refcount.h diff --git a/include/refcount.h