GNU bug report logs - #27585
segfault when evaluating a file containing only backticks

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Steve Kemp <steve <at> steve.org.uk>

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 06:29:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Steve Kemp <steve <at> steve.org.uk>
To: 27585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27585: segfault when evaluating a file containing only
 backticks
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 08:26:53 +0000

> > #5  handle_sigsegv (sig=11, siginfo=<optimized out>, arg=<optimized out>)
> >     at sysdep.c:1811
> > #6  <signal handler called>
> > #7  read1 (readcharfun=readcharfun <at> entry=35581829, 
> >     pch=pch <at> entry=0x7ffcc661e010, first_in_list=first_in_list <at> entry=false)
> >     at lread.c:2923
> 
> Most likely just a stack overflow.

  Agreed, but still I think a segfault is unexpected and could be
 prevented.

Steve
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