GNU bug report logs - #79116
31.0.50; Crash on IGC build

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
Cc: 79116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79116: 31.0.50; Crash on IGC build
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:24:23 +0300

> From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:31:08 -0500
> 
> I left Emacs idle overnight, and I found a crash log when I returned in
> the morning. Please see the attached file.
> 
> I'm using the IGC branch, and it looks like a related assertion failed.
> 
> I have igc-step-interval set to 0.05, but no other configuration related to GC.
> 
> I don’t know how to reproduce the error.

Can you tell what code could your Emacs be running while idle?  Like,
timers etc.?

> Thread 0::  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
> 0   Emacs                         	       0x100863214 redisplay_internal + 208
> 1   Emacs                         	       0x10086930c redisplay_preserve_echo_area + 132
> 2   Emacs                         	       0x100914d5c detect_input_pending_run_timers + 144
> 3   Emacs                         	       0x1009f4520 wait_reading_process_output + 4488
> 4   Emacs                         	       0x100912bb4 read_char + 7444
> 5   Emacs                         	       0x10090ee14 read_key_sequence + 1328
> 6   Emacs                         	       0x10090d2c8 command_loop_1 + 864
> 7   Emacs                         	       0x100992c14 internal_condition_case + 228
> 8   Emacs                         	       0x10090cf54 command_loop_2 + 52
> 9   Emacs                         	       0x100992218 internal_catch + 224
> 10  Emacs                         	       0x100aecd94 command_loop.cold.1 + 88
> 11  Emacs                         	       0x10090c784 command_loop + 156
> 12  Emacs                         	       0x10090c618 recursive_edit_1 + 188
> 13  Emacs                         	       0x10090c91c Frecursive_edit + 384
> 14  Emacs                         	       0x10090b73c main + 8644
> 15  dyld                          	       0x183686b98 start + 6076
> 
> Thread 1 Crashed:
> 0   libsystem_kernel.dylib        	       0x1839ee388 __pthread_kill + 8
> 1   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x183a2788c pthread_kill + 296
> 2   libsystem_c.dylib             	       0x1838f8d04 raise + 32
> 3   Emacs                         	       0x100aec8d4 terminate_due_to_signal + 120
> 4   Emacs                         	       0x100aed748 emacs_abort + 20
> 5   Emacs                         	       0x100a4a2a0 ns_term_shutdown + 132
> 6   Emacs                         	       0x10090951c shut_down_emacs + 360
> 7   Emacs                         	       0x100aec938 terminate_due_to_signal + 220
> 8   Emacs                         	       0x100a1d150 igc_assert_fail + 76
> 9   Emacs                         	       0x100ae1b50 mps_lib_assert_fail + 32 (mpsliban.c:87) [inlined]
> 10  Emacs                         	       0x100ae1b50 traceScanSegRes + 532 (trace.c:1229)
> 11  Emacs                         	       0x100aa30e4 traceScanSeg + 40 (trace.c:1267)
> 12  Emacs                         	       0x100aa2f64 TraceSegAccess + 328 (trace.c:1320)
> 13  Emacs                         	       0x100aa84f8 SegWholeAccess + 336 (seg.c:1262)
> 14  Emacs                         	       0x100a96d44 ArenaAccess + 564 (global.c:671)
> 15  Emacs                         	       0x100ae9300 protCatchOne + 192 (protxc.c:242) [inlined]
> 16  Emacs                         	       0x100ae9300 protCatchThread + 304 (protxc.c:284)
> 17  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x183a27c0c _pthread_start + 136
> 18  libsystem_pthread.dylib       	       0x183a22b80 thread_start + 8

This indicates that thread 1 was the thread which got hit by SIGABRT.
Thread 1 is NOT the main thread, which runs Lisp and redisplay.  So
what is thread 1, and how come it calls MPS functions?

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