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26.1.92; Segfault in module with --module-assertions

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Message #41 received at 34655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 34655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#34655: 26.1.92; Segfault in module with --module-assertions
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:53:03 +0200

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Cc: <34655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,  <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:58:35 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > The patch to fix this is below; it simply marks these copied values by
> > hand, thus preventing them from being GCed.  It ran successfully with
> > even 50,000 iterations.
> 
> I can confirm that your patch fixes the issue.

Great, thanks for testing.

> I am very grateful not only for your looking into this, but also for
> taking the time to explain the whole process; it has been enlightening
> and would have taken me a lot of time to figure out alone.

You are welcome.

I will wait for a few days to give Philipp and others a chance to
comment, and push then if no one comes up with objections.

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