From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
To: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GDB cannot access memory after Emacs abort
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <876405i2e3.fsf@escher.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1194995698.12695.42.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:14:58 -0800 Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 23:29 +0100, Stephen Berman wrote:
[...]
>> But as I pointed out in my followup to Jim Blandy, the lockup only
>> happens when emacs aborts while running under gdb; starting emacs
>> directly from the shell and inducing the abort does not lock up the
>> desktop.
>
> Hoping you have seen my other replies, I believe we understand
> why this happens.
>
> I do have a suggestion.
>
> Run gdb from a non-GUI terminal, eg. a virtual console.
>
> For example, launch emacs normally, WITHOUT gdb, from gnome/kde/gtk/X.
> Then go to a virtual console, use 'ps' to determine the process id of
> emacs, then start gdb and use the "attach" command to get control of
> emacs from gdb.
>
> Now return to the GUI console, and make emacs crash.
>
> When you return to the virtual console, you should be able to debug.
Thanks for this suggestion, it worked. Here's the backtrace:
#0 abort () at emacs.c:431
#1 0xb798526a in g_logv () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0xb79852a9 in g_log () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0xb7985320 in g_assert_warning () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0xb7c7b195 in gtk_container_propagate_expose () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#5 0xb7c7b1c1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#6 0x085c2d00 in ?? ()
#7 0x086c0a08 in ?? ()
#8 0x087c31f0 in ?? ()
#9 0xb7d23b6a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#10 0xb7f3aff4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0x085c2d00 in ?? ()
#12 0xbfef82a8 in ?? ()
#13 0xb7cf4b42 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#14 0x086c0a08 in ?? ()
#15 0xbfef82e8 in ?? ()
#16 0xb7c7b1a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#17 0xbfef82e8 in ?? ()
#18 0x0000001e in ?? ()
#19 0x40000036 in ?? ()
#20 0xbfef82b8 in ?? ()
#21 0xb7f3aff4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#22 0x085c2d00 in ?? ()
#23 0x085c2d00 in ?? ()
#24 0xbfef82c8 in ?? ()
#25 0xb7c7bbe7 in gtk_container_forall () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
I don't know if this is useful to you or any other gdb hacker. I don't
have the GTK+ sources installed. Maybe someone who does can reproduce
the abort and get a more informative backtrace. In any case, the fact
that I have gotten a backtrace now evidently absolves GDB of the
suspicion that it had a bug preventing a backtrace :-). And since the
Emacs bug causing the abort was already fixed, and the issue of the
desktop lockup has been explained, I guess we can declare this issue
closed, unless someone thinks the above backtrace is still reason for
concern.
Steve Berman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-14 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-11-10 23:50 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-11 6:46 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-11 7:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-11 23:05 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 4:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-12 5:24 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-13 22:40 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:20 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-13 23:28 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-11-14 10:00 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-11 19:22 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-11-11 23:10 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 0:39 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-11-12 17:47 ` Jim Blandy
2007-11-12 19:44 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-13 22:36 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 22:34 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:14 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:48 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-12 7:39 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-11-13 22:36 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:24 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:50 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2007-11-14 12:00 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 19:24 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-15 1:00 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-11 23:01 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 5:15 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:55 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-14 12:00 ` Michael Snyder
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