GNU bug report logs - #20209
GUILE 2.0.11: crash in set_port_filename_x for bytevector ports

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Package: guile;

Reported by: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 20209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20209: GUILE 2.0.11: crash in set_port_filename_x for bytevector ports
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:01:15 +0200

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 18:59, David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I don't see anything protecting sym_big or sym_little (more accurately,
> 'big or 'little which are non-immediate SCM values) from collection
> which would make sym_big and sym_little useless for comparison.
>
> I'm assuming that not the whole bss segment is getting scanned by
> BoehmGC.

The whole bss segment is scanned by the GC :)  See the third paragraph
here.

  https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/master/guile.html/Garbage-Collection.html#Garbage-Collection

This section applies to 2.0 as well.

Andy
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