[linux-lvm] More Segfaults with LVM 1.0.1rc3

svetljo galia at st-peter.stw.uni-erlangen.de
Fri Oct 5 07:25:56 UTC 2001


is gcc-3.0.1 safe, or i should also use "-o0"


Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:

>Markus,
>
>go without optimization "-O0" rather than "-O2" in LVMs configure stript
>*or* with gcc 2.95.2.
>
>On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 10:33:43PM +0200, Markus Dobel wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>vgextend, vgreduce and lvextend segfaulted for me today, too. I'm using 
>>
>>  gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-95)
>>
>>which I guess is the reason for those problems.
>>
>>For vgextend/vgreduce gdb told me, that in vg_extend_reduce "vg_name"
>>pointed to 0x1. So i did a little debugging and therefore also
>>inserting the line:
>>
>>int vg_extend ( char *vg_name, pv_t *pv, vg_t *vg) {
>>   printf("VG Name is %s\n",vg_name ); // this one
>>   return vg_extend_reduce ( vg_name, pv, vg, VG_EXTEND);
>>}
>>
>>in vg_extend_reduce.c, the same in vg_reduce(). Without changing
>>anything else, vgextend and vgreduce work for me now.
>>
>>
>>Similar in lv_extend_reduce.c:
>>
>>int lv_extend ( vg_t *vg, lv_t *lv, char *lv_name) {
>>   printf("Extending %s\n", lv_name); // added this line.
>>   return lv_extend_reduce ( vg, lv, lv_name, LV_EXTEND);
>>}
>>
>>I don't speak C too fluently, and I don't know if printf() does some
>>implicit casting or something or if it's gcc 2.96, but maybe this
>>information helps a bit in finding the mistake.
>>
>>Regards, Markus
>>
>>-- 
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