Re: backtrace/2353: Crash requesting high "info frame" value: ../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.

Re: backtrace/2353: Crash requesting high "info frame" value: ../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.

[Richard Stuckey]

The following reply was made to PR backtrace/2353; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Richard Stuckey <richard.stuckey@arc.com>
To: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com, nobody@sources.redhat.com,
        ajvincent@gmail.com, gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: backtrace/2353: Crash requesting high "info frame" value:
	../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion
	`fde != NULL' failed.
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:36:43 +0100

 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=2353
 
 I have come across this problem myself, in the 6.6 and 6.8 releases.
 
 A possible fix is to add the code:
 
   CORE_ADDR pc;
 
 ...
 
   pc = get_frame_pc (fi);
   if (pc == 0)
     {
       warning("invalid frame");
       return;
     }
 
 to the function frame_info in file stack.c after the call to parse_frame_specification_1
 (and 'pc' can then be used in the call to find_pc_symtab a few lines later).
 
 This fixes the problem in the ARC gdb port; however, it assumes that 0 is an invalid value for PC,
 which is not necessarily true for all ports, so it may not be the "general case" fix.
 
    Regards,
 
         Richard Stuckey

backtrace/2353: Crash requesting high "info frame" value: ../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.

[ajvincent]

>Number:         2353
>Category:       backtrace
>Synopsis:       Crash requesting high "info frame" value: ../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 01 06:48:01 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ajvincent@gmail.com
>Release:        GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.6-16.fc7rh)
>Organization:
>Environment:
Fedora 7 Linux, terminal
>Description:
Stack frame at 0xf:
 eip = 0x0; saved eip
../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n) y
../../gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:816: internal-error: dwarf2_frame_cache: Assertion `fde != NULL' failed.
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) y
Aborted
>How-To-Repeat:
(1) Fire up GDB and attach it to a process with x number of frames.
(2) info frame (x + 1)
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: