Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2006-06-16 Thread Michael Gilbert
Bill wrote: It is a bug alright. There is simply no excuse for the actual behaviour. Depending on ELOOP to finish is not reasonnable because this is potentially exponential in the number of symlinks . Scanning all the files each time you start qemu-arm is a terrible performance loss. It seems my

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2006-06-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 08:34:45PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > tag 297572 confimed > > hi bill, > > thanks for the info. looks like this problem does indeed exist. > > the question is: is it really a bug? the software seems to execute > just fine (although after a slight delay until the ke

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2006-06-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
tag 297572 confimed hi bill, thanks for the info. looks like this problem does indeed exist. the question is: is it really a bug? the software seems to execute just fine (although after a slight delay until the kernel spits back ELOOP). is this normal/reasonable behavior, or should the devs

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2006-06-14 Thread Bill Allombert
tag 297572 - moreinfo unreproducible thanks On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 10:12:09PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > tag 297572 moreinfo unreproducible > > i am unable to reproduce this bug with qemu 0.8.1. > > $ ln -s /opt foo > $ qemu-arm -L foo > usage: qemu-arm [-h] [-g] [-d opts] [-L path] [-s si

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2006-06-13 Thread Michael Gilbert
tag 297572 moreinfo unreproducible i am unable to reproduce this bug with qemu 0.8.1. $ ln -s /opt foo $ qemu-arm -L foo usage: qemu-arm [-h] [-g] [-d opts] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...] Linux CPU emulator (compiled for arm emulation) -h print this help -g port wait

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2005-03-04 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 04:23:53AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 04:16:13PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > Package: qemu > > Version: 0.6.1-1 > > Severity: normal > > > I am using qemu-arm with the -L option. > > Using strace, I found that > > qemu-arm -L fo

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2005-03-03 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi Bill, On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 04:16:13PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > Package: qemu > Version: 0.6.1-1 > Severity: normal > I am using qemu-arm with the -L option. > Using strace, I found that > qemu-arm -L foo > scan recursively all the files and directories and will loop forever > if there

Bug#297572: qemu -L will loop forever if it find symlink to directory.

2005-03-01 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: qemu Version: 0.6.1-1 Severity: normal Hello QEMU Team, I am using qemu-arm with the -L option. Using strace, I found that qemu-arm -L foo scan recursively all the files and directories and will loop forever if there are symlink to directories The same happen with qemu-ppc nad qemu-spar