Bug 367

Summary:	-terminate option crashes Xserver
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	SPARC
OS:	Solaris
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Description Alan Coopersmith 2004-03-23 16:49:41 UTC

xc/programs/Xserver/dix/dispatch.c defines dispatchExceptionAtReset as char,
but xc/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c externs it as an int, which causes a bus error
due to misalignment on SPARC when you start the server with the -terminate flag
which causes utils.c to try to write to the dispatchExceptionAtReset variable

Comment 1 Alan Coopersmith 2004-03-23 16:56:52 UTC

Fix to xc/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c is trivial:
-extern int dispatchExceptionAtReset;
+extern char dispatchExceptionAtReset;

Long term this may be better moved to globals.h or another header.

(This was originally reported as Sun bug id #5017154.)

Comment 2 Alan Coopersmith 2004-03-23 17:11:30 UTC

Log message:
   58. -terminate option crashes Xserver.  Bugzilla #367. (Alan Coopersmith)

Modified files:
      ./:	Tag: XORG-RELEASE-1
        CHANGELOG-RELEASE-1 
      xc/programs/Xserver/os/:	Tag: XORG-RELEASE-1
        utils.c 
  
  Revision      Changes    Path
  1.1.2.41      +2 -1      xc/Attic/CHANGELOG-RELEASE-1
  1.1.4.6.2.5   +2 -2      xc/programs/Xserver/os/utils.c

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