Re: xsrc/57105 (random Xorg crashes)

[Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/57105; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: xsrc-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
	tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost, mlelstv%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: xsrc/57105 (random Xorg crashes)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 07:09:04 +0100

 On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 10:58:56PM +0000, tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > Synopsis: random Xorg crashes
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > State-Changed-When: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:58:55 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > I think I have this problem when using xf86-video-wsfb.
 > If you can still reproduce this, could you test if running
 > Xorg with the "-dumbSched" option makes it stable again?
 > I think the new smart scheduling code in Xorg triggers some
 > aarch64 specific signal handling and/or setcontext(2) bug.
 
 I think the problem was removed by un-merging pixman 0.42.2 and
 re-merging 0.38.4 a few days later.
 
 
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