0.9.10.6:

        Restore the old behaviour of never using mmap-tricks for memory
        zeroing on Solaris/gencgc, since doing so was causing GC crashes
        on Solaris/x86.

        Also some whitespace canonicalization.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5f23c7d..80242ed 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.11 relative to sbcl-0.9.10:
   * enhancement: CONSTANTP is now able to determine constantness of
     more complex forms, including calls to constant-foldable standardized
     functions and some special forms beyond QUOTE.
+  * fixed bug: occasional GC crashes on Solaris/x86
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.10 relative to sbcl-0.9.9:
   * new feature: new SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE keyword argument :EXECUTABLE can

diff --git a/src/runtime/gencgc.c b/src/runtime/gencgc.c
index 29feedf..a4f5f7c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/runtime/gencgc.c
+++ b/src/runtime/gencgc.c
@@ -4116,7 +4116,15 @@ remap_free_pages (page_index_t from, page_index_t to)
             last_page++;
         }
 
+        /* There's a mysterious Solaris/x86 problem with using mmap
+         * tricks for memory zeroing. See sbcl-devel thread
+         * "Re: patch: standalone executable redux".
+         */
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_SUNOS)
+        zero_pages(first_page, last_page-1);
+#else
         zero_pages_with_mmap(first_page, last_page-1);
+#endif
 
         first_page = last_page;
     }

diff --git a/tests/eval.impure.lisp b/tests/eval.impure.lisp
index bf6141d..3708433 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/eval.impure.lisp
+++ b/tests/eval.impure.lisp
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
                      '(x)
                      '(1)
                    (1+ x))              t         2)
-               ((progv '(x) '(t)
-                  (if x 1 2))          t         1)
+                ((progv '(x) '(t)
+                   (if x 1 2))          t         1)
                 ((unwind-protect 1 nil) t         1)
                 ((unwind-protect 1
                    (xxx))               nil)

diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index 6469097..bd68033 100644 (file)
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 ;;; checkins which aren't released. (And occasionally for internal
 ;;; versions, especially for internal versions off the main CVS
 ;;; branch, it gets hairier, e.g. "0.pre7.14.flaky4.13".)
-"0.9.10.5"
+"0.9.10.6"