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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Message #8 received at 27585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Steve Kemp <steve <at> steve.org.uk>
Cc: 27585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27585: segfault when evaluating a file containing only
 backticks
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 09:51:46 +0200

On Jul 05 2017, Steve Kemp <steve <at> steve.org.uk> wrote:

>   Because I've built from source I can see this backtrace:
>
> #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.

Andreas.

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