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segfault when killing unsaved buffer

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From: "Ben Walton (student)" <t-walton <at> cquest.utoronto.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: segfault when killing unsaved buffer
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:39 -0500

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In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
 of 2007-12-10 on hs20-bc2-3.build.redhat.com
configured using `configure  --build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu --host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --without-x'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

1. Open new emacs (-nox) session [tested with -q --no-site-file also]
2. Open buffer for new file (C-x C-f ~/somenewfile.txt RET)
3. Enter some text so buffer is modified/dirty.
4. Kill buffer (C-x k)
5. RET (to confirm killing the buffer)
6. Segfault

The following is a gdb backtrace from the core file:


$ gdb `which emacs-nox` core.21239
GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.5-37.el5_2.2rh)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".


warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
Core was generated by `emacs-nox'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x0095a402 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x0095a402 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x00690146 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x0809b3c9 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:354
#3  <signal handler called>
#4  0x006d6053 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5  0x0812e6f8 in doprnt1 (lispstrings=0,
    buffer=0xbfc6059c "Buffer \n, <gibberish>
    bufsize=<value optimized out>,
    format=0x81407f8 "Buffer %s modified; kill anyway? ",
    format_end=0x8140819 "", nargs=5, args=0xbfc60594) at doprnt.c:249
#6  0x080ec919 in format1 (
    string1=0x81407f8 "Buffer %s modified; kill anyway? ") at editfns.c:3536
#7  0x080b6b58 in Fkill_buffer (buffer=973129580) at buffer.c:1213
#8  0x080f6df4 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbfc60720) at eval.c:2659
#9  0x080f45a3 in Fcall_interactively (function=405216116,
    record_flag=405074988, keys=1210440104) at callint.c:797
#10 0x0809dbf7 in Fcommand_execute (cmd=405216116, record_flag=405074988,
    keys=405074988, special=405074988) at keyboard.c:9255
#11 0x080a68b6 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1661
#12 0x080f56fd in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x80a6540 <command_loop_1>,
    handlers=405172732, hfun=0x80a0740 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1267
#13 0x080a0333 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1245
#14 0x080f57b2 in internal_catch (tag=405132772,
    func=0x80a0310 <command_loop_2>, arg=405074988) at eval.c:1030
#15 0x080a0467 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1224
#16 0x080a0505 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:950
#17 0x080a0603 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1006
#18 0x0809a7f0 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfc61044, envp=Cannot access memory at address 0x8
) at emacs.c:1547
#19 0x0067cdec in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
#20 0x0804ac71 in _start ()
(gdb)



Recent input:
ESC x r e p o TAB e DEL r TAB RET

Recent messages:
(emacs-nox -q --no-site-file)
Loading disp-table...done
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
Making completion list...
Loading view...done
Loading emacsbug...done

Message #8 received at 1382 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ben Walton" <t-walton <at> cquest.utoronto.ca>
Cc: 1382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1382: segfault when killing unsaved buffer
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:55:58 -0500

reassign 1382 emacs21
stop

"Ben Walton (student)" wrote:

> In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
>  of 2007-12-10 on hs20-bc2-3.build.redhat.com

Unfortunately, Emacs 21 is rather old and not supported any more. I
would recommend you use the latest release, Emacs 22.3 instead. But if
you can't do that and your 21.4 is a Red Hat package (it seems it
might be), you should report this problem to them.

Message #13 received at 1382-quiet <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Ben Walton <bwalton <at> artsci.utoronto.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1382: segfault when killing unsaved buffer
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:13:49 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Excerpts from Glenn Morris's message of Wed Nov 19 21:55:58 -0500 2008:
> > In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
> >  of 2007-12-10 on hs20-bc2-3.build.redhat.com
> 
> Unfortunately, Emacs 21 is rather old and not supported any more. I
> would recommend you use the latest release, Emacs 22.3 instead. But if
> you can't do that and your 21.4 is a Red Hat package (it seems it
> might be), you should report this problem to them.

OK.  Thanks for the response anyway.  I may dig into that back trace
and the code a little more, but I'll definitely kick it over to redhat
also.

My personal ubuntu boxes run a more recent version and I don't have
this issue there.

[This is my first foray into emacs after using vim for ~10 years.  So
far, I'm quite happy! :) ]

Thanks!
-Ben
-- 
Ben Walton
Systems Programmer - CHASS
University of Toronto
C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302

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