Subject: Re: X11 server patch
To: David Carrel <carrel@cisco.com>
From: Mark Davies <mark@Comp.VUW.AC.NZ>
List: port-hp300
Date: 08/15/1994 10:18:24
From: David Carrel <carrel@cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:27:08 -0700
> obviously you've found the same bug that I am chasing. Unfortunately, I
> made the same patch that you posted and my server still crashes. I found
> that checking that pGC->tile.pixmap is not NULL helps somewhat, but
> occasionally I get to this same point and pGC->tile.pixmap = 1.
Checking that pGC->tile.pixmap is not NULL is not the fix as any time this bit
of code is executed there should be a valid pGC->tile. It sounds like its
getting munged somewhere before this stage. Can either of you give me a
repeatable case that trips this bug.
cheers
mark
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