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unexpected bytevector contents with get-bytevector-n

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: bug#17591: closed (Re: bug#17466: unexpected bytevector contents
 with get-bytevector-n)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 17:33:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#17466: GC_REALLOC in 'get-bytevector-n' leads to corrupt bytevector

which was filed against the guile package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 17591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: J Kalbhenn <jkal <at> posteo.eu>
Cc: 17466-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17466: unexpected bytevector contents with get-bytevector-n
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 19:32:22 +0200

This is fixed by commit 1baa215, which will be in Guile 2.0.12.

It turns out that when shrinking a bytevector, as happens before
‘get-bytevector-n’ returns, the pointer to the bytevector’s contents
would not be left pointing to the old bytevector.  When that old
bytevector was eventually reclaimed, anything could happen.

Thanks!

Ludo’.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Offload hook fails to send files
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 22:59:11 +0200

We’ve been observing things like this (as of v0.6-257-g2508358):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
load on machine 'hydra.gnunet.org' is 0.52 (normalized: 0.17333333333333334)
@ build-started /gnu/store/wcgr1ddm3d6c166pmf5r17yfw2566w0d-libstdc++-4.8.3.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/wc//gr1ddm3d6c166pmf5r17yfw2566w0d-libstdc++-4.8.3.drv.bz2
sending 2 store files to 'hydra.gnunet.org'...
Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 15 [catch #t #<catch-closure 1e3e2e0> ...]
In unknown file:
   ?: 14 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 1e3e2e0>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  63: 13 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 12 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
2320: 11 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 1e70c80 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3961:3 ()>]
3966: 10 [#<procedure 1e70c80 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3961:3 ()>]
1645: 9 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
1650: 8 [#<procedure 1e6f000 ()>]
In unknown file:
   ?: 7 [primitive-load "/usr/local/bin/guix"]
In guix/ui.scm:
 630: 6 [run-guix-command archive "--import"]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 5 [catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2c9f920 at guix/ui.scm:198:2 ()> ...]
 157: 4 [catch system-error ...]
In guix/scripts/archive.scm:
 327: 3 [#<procedure 2ca0cf0 at guix/scripts/archive.scm:312:2 ()>]
In guix/store.scm:
 768: 2 [import-paths #<build-daemon 256.14 2c9b780> #<input: file 0>]
 404: 1 [process-stderr #<build-daemon 256.14 2c9b780> #<input: file 0>]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [bytevector-length #<eof>]

ERROR: In procedure bytevector-length:
ERROR: In procedure scm_c_bytevector_length: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting bytevector): #<eof>
builder for `/gnu/store/qbvyn4yq7m92mpp7wvwpx8gnk32863vw-binutils-2.24.drv' failed to produce output path `/gnu/store/k1hdhfx3b2lkcwkch70fcj998jg7qs7y-binutils-2.24'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

If we try later the very same thing, it typically succeeds:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
@ build-started /gnu/store/wcgr1ddm3d6c166pmf5r17yfw2566w0d-libstdc++-4.8.3.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/wc//gr1ddm3d6c166pmf5r17yfw2566w0d-libstdc++-4.8.3.drv.bz2
sending 2 store files to 'hydra.gnunet.org'...
importing path `/gnu/store/5wxd03bpxbw6g4ik9nvq5242p2h1f9zw-binutils-2.24-guile-builder'
importing path `/gnu/store/qbvyn4yq7m92mpp7wvwpx8gnk32863vw-binutils-2.24.drv'
offloading '/gnu/store/qbvyn4yq7m92mpp7wvwpx8gnk32863vw-binutils-2.24.drv' to 'hydra.gnunet.org'...
@ build-remote /gnu/store/qbvyn4yq7m92mpp7wvwpx8gnk32863vw-binutils-2.24.drv hydra.gnunet.org
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

In the first case, ‘send-files’ appears to be failing early, before the
first store item has been transmitted, because the corresponding
“importing path” message hasn’t been printed yet (it’s printed once the
contents of the item being imported have been read–see local-store.cc.)

Ludo’.

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