Subject: emacs 21.4.1 seg fault

From: Bruce Korb <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:55:40 -0700

Likely not readily reproducible, so this is just a data point.
I was reloading a 2.6GB file.  I'm probably tracing too much stuff.

$ gdb $(which emacs-x) core.4037
GNU gdb 6.8
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXaw3d.so.7...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXaw3d.so.7
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXmu.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libungif.so.4...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libungif.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXpm.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_nis.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_nis.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_dns.so.2...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_dns.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib64/libresolv.so.2...(no debugging symbols
found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib64/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1...(no debugging
symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3

Core was generated by `emacs tools/pyang/pyang/plugins/tms.py'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
[New process 4037]
#0  0x00000037330306f7 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6

The stack trace is worthless (no symbols)

$ emacs-x --version
GNU Emacs 21.4.1
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of Emacs
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.