dtrace and xorg-server problem on -current

[Alexey Shuvaev]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:50:31PM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Alexey Shuvaev <
> shuvaev at physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 10:49:51PM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I get this weird building problem with xorg-server on -current with
> > dtrace:
> > >
> > > creating libxpstubs.la
> > > (cd .libs && rm -f libxpstubs.la && ln -s ../libxpstubs.la libxpstubs.la
> > )
> > > /usr/sbin/dtrace -G -C -o dtrace-dix.o -s ../dix/Xserver.d .libs/*.o
> > > dtrace: failed to compile script ../dix/Xserver.d:
> > > "/usr/lib/dtrace/psinfo.d", line 37: syntax error near "uid_t"
> > > *** Error code 1
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Something I've missed here?
> > >
> > > Jiawei
> > >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Please, have a look at a small thread:
> > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085584.html"
> > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085598.html"
> > "http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085602.html"
> >
> > In my case the problem was in some old binaries not being swept out
> > after I have tried John Birrel's dtrace enabled snapshot in february.
> > Check you system (for examlpe "ll /usr/sbin/dtrace" and etc.).
> >
> > If your system is really up-to-date and the problem is caused by the
> > very recent dtrace import, then try the following patch to the
> > x11-servers/xorg-server/Makefile.
> >
> > Alexey.
> >
> 
> ok, I've confirmed that /usr/sbin/dtrace is the latest and tried your patch,
> everything works now.
> Thanks,
> 
> Jiawei
> 
Well, the problem seems to be in the freebsd's implementation of dtrace.
Can some dtrace-guru say whether it is possible to fix the problem
on freebsd-side in a reasonable time? Or is it due to missing pid-provider
(or something else...) and then it is worthwhile disable dtrace support
in xorg-server?
I will try to find some time tomorrow and test the latest CURRENT
on my system too.

Alexey.