GNU bug report logs - #75292
31.0.50; igc: (file-error "Doing vfork" "Bad address")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 17:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 75292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 75292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yantar92 <at> posteo.net
Subject: Re: bug#75292: 31.0.50; igc: (file-error "Doing vfork" "Bad address")
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:47:23 +0200

> Cc: 75292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:24:47 +0000
> From:  Pip Cet via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> The most likely candidate right now is make_environment_block, which
> happily stuffs string data pointers into an xmalloc'd block and goes
> about its merry way without letting GC know about them.   I think it
> would cause the problem you observed, but haven't managed to reproduce
> it yet.  If I manage to do so, I'll push a fix.

Please be sure to show the patch before you push, and please explain
the problem you found and the fix.

This is a delicate area, so we must discuss any changes before they
are installed.

Thanks.
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