GNU bug report logs - #60220
29.0.60; macOS 13.1 crash shortly after starting Emacs

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Message #188 received at 60220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
To: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>
Cc: gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
 60220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60220: 29.0.60; macOS 13.1 crash shortly after starting Emacs
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:01:43 +0000

Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 10:28 AM Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org> wrote:
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> >> From: Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
>> >> Cc: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>, gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com,
>> >>         eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 60220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> >> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:51:17 +0000
>> >>
>> >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> >>
>> >> >> Would it make sense to use block_atimers while loading native lisp? If
>> >> >> that's a workable thing and you can send me a patch I can try it out.
>> >> >
>> >> > Andrea, can you suggest a patch along these lines for Aaron to try?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Hi Eli,
>> >>
>> >> sorry I'm traveling with sporadic access to the PC till next week.  If
>> >> the issue is still present I'll work on it next week.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I pushed a change that should block atimers during native code loads,
>> it's in 'scratch/native-timers-blocked'.
>>
>> I haven't tested it deeply but seems to work for me.  If anyone likes to
>> test it or play with it is there.
>>
>> BR
>>
>>   Andrea
>
> Unfortunately, it still crashes for me with my repro (without
> restarting, I just opened Emacs and it crashed).

Mhhh :/ , the only advice I have would be to two a printf in
'block_atimers' and 'unblock_atimers', just to be 100% that when when we
crash we did our job of blocking the timers.

  Andrea

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