GNU bug report logs - #71073
Emacs segfaults if corfu is asked to autocomplete something while the LSP server providing completions is still starting/indexing

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71073: closed (Emacs segfaults if corfu is asked to
 autocomplete something while the LSP server providing completions is still
 starting/indexing)
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:10:01 +0000

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regarding Emacs segfaults if corfu is asked to autocomplete something while the LSP server providing completions is still starting/indexing
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From: alexis purslane <alexispurslane <at> pm.me>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Emacs segfaults if corfu is asked to autocomplete something while the
 LSP server providing completions is still starting/indexing
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 19:58:23 +0000

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## Description

If corfu is prompted to start autocompletion (by typing the first 3
letters of a word in my case) while an eglot LSP server is still
starting up, but after eglot has connected to that server, you get a
segmentation fault.

## Steps to reproduce

1. Open a file with a mode associated with it that has a language server
2. {M-x eglot}
3. Before the server has finished indexing and can provide completions,
   but after it has connected, prompt corfu to do an autocompletion
4. Enjoy your segfault salad

## Debug information

Here's the backtrace from the core dump:

```
Fatal error 11: Segmentation fault
Backtrace:
emacs(emacs_backtrace+0x5a)[0x595c1a]
emacs(terminate_due_to_signal+0x9f)[0x467885]
emacs[0x468623]
emacs[0x70bae4]
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x40750)[0x7f153d9e3750]
emacs(parse_modifiers+0x12c)[0x57a06c]
emacs[0x590ad8]
emacs(read_char+0x212a)[0x57f7ea]
emacs[0x648f3a]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/subr-13adf6a6-bfb9f448.eln(F7369742d666f72_sit_for_0+0x19f)[0x7f1536c1b2ff]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/jsonrpc-e62a9c36-62ae7160.eln(F6a736f6e7270632d72657175657374_jsonrpc_request_0+0xa14)[0x7f152409e2c4]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
emacs(Fapply+0x1b0)[0x621b90]
emacs(exec_byte_code+0x54c)[0x66b8bc]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
emacs(Fall_completions+0x372)[0x5b6122]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d70636d2d2d616c6c2d636f6d706c6574696f6e73_completion_pcm__all_completions_0+0x1a7)[0x7f1536bbda67]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d737562737472696e672d2d616c6c2d636f6d706c6574696f6e73_completion_substring__all_completions_0+0x1d6)[0x7f1536bc0f86]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d666c65782d616c6c2d636f6d706c6574696f6e73_completion_flex_all_completions_0+0xb6)[0x7f1536bc1a16]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
emacs(Fapply+0x1b0)[0x621b90]
emacs(exec_byte_code+0x54c)[0x66b8bc]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d2d736f6d65_completion__some_0+0x1e2)[0x7f1536baa852]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d2d6e74682d636f6d706c6574696f6e_completion__nth_completion_0+0x2d4)[0x7f1536baf914]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/usr/bin/../lib64/emacs/29.3/native-lisp/29.3-f9fbfec9/preloaded/minibuffer-1b0f548b-25462d74.eln(F636f6d706c6574696f6e2d616c6c2d636f6d706c6574696f6e73_completion_all_completions_0+0x50)[0x7f1536bafcd0]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
emacs(Fapply+0x1b0)[0x621b90]
emacs(exec_byte_code+0x54c)[0x66b8bc]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
emacs(Fapply+0x1b0)[0x621b90]
/var/home/alexispurslane/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29.3-f9fbfec9/corfu-4ecf6dfc-d30fc894.eln(F636f7266752d2d66696c7465722d636f6d706c6574696f6e73_corfu__filter_completions_0+0x199)[0x7f1524616be9]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/var/home/alexispurslane/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29.3-f9fbfec9/corfu-4ecf6dfc-d30fc894.eln(F636f7266752d2d7265636f6d70757465_corfu__recompute_0+0x29e)[0x7f1524617b9e]
emacs(Ffuncall+0xfd)[0x62148d]
/var/home/alexispurslane/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29.3-f9fbfec9/corfu-4ecf6dfc-d30fc894.eln(F636f7266752d2d757064617465_corfu__update_0+0x755)[0x7f1524618e25]
...
Segmentation fault: oops, process 'emacs' core dumped
```

## Recipe

I was able to repro this bug with just this in my config (running with
emacs --init-directory set to a separate dummy directory with this in my
init.el):

```lisp
(use-package corfu
    :ensure t
    ;; Optional customizations
    :custom
    (corfu-cycle t)                ;; Enable cycling for `corfu-next/previous'
    (corfu-auto t)                 ;; Enable auto completion
    (corfu-separator ?\s)          ;; Orderless field separator
    (corfu-quit-no-match 'separator)
    (corfu-auto-delay 0.12)
    (corfu-auto-prefix 3)
    (corfu-popupinfo-delay 0.22)
    (corfu-popupinfo-direction 'right)
    :config
    (global-corfu-mode)
    (defun corfu-enable-in-minibuffer ()
        "Enable Corfu in the minibuffer."
        (when (local-variable-p 'completion-at-point-functions)
            (setq-local corfu-echo-delay nil ;; Disable automatic echo and popup
                        corfu-popupinfo-delay nil)
            (corfu-mode 1)))
    (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'corfu-enable-in-minibuffer)

    (defun corfu-popupinfo-start ()
        (require 'corfu-popupinfo)
        (set-face-attribute 'corfu-popupinfo nil :inherit 'variable-pitch)
        (corfu-popupinfo-mode))
    (add-hook 'corfu-mode-hook #'corfu-popupinfo-start))
```

## Config

Here's my full corfu and orderless configuration:

```lisp
;; Optionally use the `orderless' completion style for proper fuzzy searching
;; in vertico
(use-package orderless
    :after vertico
    :init
(setq completion-styles '(orderless basic)
      completion-category-defaults nil
          completion-category-overrides '((file (styles partial-completion)))))

(use-package corfu
    ;; Optional customizations
    :custom
    (corfu-cycle t)                ;; Enable cycling for `corfu-next/previous'
    (corfu-auto t)                 ;; Enable auto completion
    (corfu-separator ?\s)          ;; Orderless field separator
    (corfu-quit-no-match 'separator)
    (corfu-auto-delay 0.12)
    (corfu-auto-prefix 3)
    (corfu-popupinfo-delay 0.22)
    (corfu-popupinfo-direction 'right)
    :config
    (global-corfu-mode)
    (defun corfu-enable-in-minibuffer ()
        "Enable Corfu in the minibuffer."
        (when (local-variable-p 'completion-at-point-functions)
            (setq-local corfu-echo-delay nil ;; Disable automatic echo and popup
                        corfu-popupinfo-delay nil)
            (corfu-mode 1)))
    (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'corfu-enable-in-minibuffer)

    (defun corfu-popupinfo-start ()
        (require 'corfu-popupinfo)
        (set-face-attribute 'corfu-popupinfo nil :inherit 'variable-pitch)
        (corfu-popupinfo-mode))
    (add-hook 'corfu-mode-hook #'corfu-popupinfo-start))

(use-package nerd-icons
    :if (display-graphic-p)
    :custom (nerd-icons-font-family "Symbols Nerd Font Mono"))

;; Integrate them with corfu
(use-package nerd-icons-corfu
    :after (corfu nerd-icons)
    :config (add-to-list 'corfu-margin-formatters #'nerd-icons-corfu-formatter))
```


In GNU Emacs 29.3 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.41, cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-04-18 built on
 f79e87ffac024d38993f848c551f45fc
System Description: Fedora Linux 41 (Container Image Prerelease)

Configured using:
 'configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
 --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix=
 --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr
 --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc
 --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64
 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --runstatedir=/run
 --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man
 --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-cairo --with-dbus --with-gif
 --with-gpm=no --with-harfbuzz --with-jpeg --with-json --with-modules
 --with-native-compilation=aot --with-pgtk --with-png --with-rsvg
 --with-sqlite3 --with-tiff --with-tree-sitter --with-webp --with-xpm
 --with-xwidgets build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
 host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu CC=gcc 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2
 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches
 -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security
 -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong
 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -march=x86-64
 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
 -fcf-protection -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer ' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig CXX=g++
 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g
 -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security
 -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong
 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -march=x86-64
 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
 -fcf-protection -mtls-dialect=gnu2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer ''

Configured features:
ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON
LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY
PDUMPER PGTK PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM XWIDGETS GTK3 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: ELisp/l

Minor modes in effect:
  elisp-def-mode: t
  highlight-defined-mode: t
  electric-pair-mode: t
  hl-line-mode: t
  display-line-numbers-mode: t
  corfu-popupinfo-mode: t
  corfu-mode: t
  eldoc-box-hover-at-point-mode: t
  yas-minor-mode: t
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  mood-line-mode: t
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  vertico-mode: t
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  general-override-mode: t
  evil-mode: t
  evil-local-mode: t
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  recentf-mode: t
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  electric-indent-mode: t
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  blink-cursor-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
/var/home/alexispurslane/.emacs.d/elpa/transient-20240509.1849/transient hides /usr/share/emacs/29.3/lisp/transient

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: vlad <at> yegorov.org
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 71073-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71073: Emacs segfaults if corfu is asked to autocomplete
 something while the LSP server providing completions is still
 starting/indexing
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:08:58 +0300

> Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 71073 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:49:09 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Vladislav Yegorov <vlad <at> yegorov.org>
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>,
> >   71073 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:36:15 +0200
> > 
> > I tried to compile my own version of Emacs and it /appears/ that this
> > one is fine despite using the same source as the fedora provided
> > version.  I also tried to package/compile my own version for fedora
> > using the rpm build system and surprisingly enough this one also
> > crashed.  The issue might be related to something fedora does but this
> > is just a guess.  Some user-submitted crash reports on fedora seem to
> > report a very similar issue[1].
> 
> Thanks.  Given what you tell, I think this should be reported to the
> Fedora downstream maintainers of the Emacs distros.  They know how
> they build Emacs, and they might be able to find what non-default
> build option causes this.  It could be anything, from a buggy GCC
> version to using some GCC option that is buggy or incompatible with
> Emacs to maybe some library problem.
> 
> If the Fedora folks find the root cause and can explain why it is an
> Emacs bug, they are invited to come back with the information, and we
> can then continue discussing this.

No further comments in more than 2 weeks, so I'm now closing this bug.
If and when new information arrives, we can reopen if needed.

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