erlang crashes in user mode linux

rage machine slasci@REDACTED
Thu Jul 20 14:07:33 CEST 2006


Hi
When running erlang in user mode linux I get segmentation fault.
erlang@REDACTED:~$ erl
Segmentation fault

Some info about the uml:

erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ ROOTDIR=/home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ BINDIR=$ROOTDIR/erts-5.5/bin
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ EMU=beam
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ PROGNAME=erl
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ export EMU
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ export ROOTDIR
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ export BINDIR
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ export PROGNAME
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ /home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
Segmentation fault
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ gdb /home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
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This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db 
library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
[New LWP 1287]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to LWP 1287]
0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ valgrind -v --db-attach=yes --tool=memcheck 
/home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
==1288== Memcheck, a memory error detector.
==1288== Copyright (C) 2002-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==1288== Using LibVEX rev 1606, a library for dynamic binary translation.
==1288== Copyright (C) 2004-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
==1288== Using valgrind-3.2.0-Debian, a dynamic binary instrumentation 
framework.
==1288== Copyright (C) 2000-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==1288==
--1288-- Command line
--1288--    /home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
--1288-- Startup, with flags:
--1288--    -v
--1288--    --db-attach=yes
--1288--    --tool=memcheck
--1288-- Contents of /proc/version:
--1288--   Linux version 2.6.17.6 (shrek@REDACTED) (gcc version 4.0.4 20060507 
(prerelease) (Debian 4.0.3-3)) #1 Sun Jul 16 12:25:48 CEST 2006
--1288-- Arch and hwcaps: X86, x86-sse1-sse2
--1288-- Valgrind library directory: /usr/lib/valgrind
--1288-- Reading syms from /lib/ld-2.3.6.so (0x4000000)
--1288-- Reading debug info from /lib/ld-2.3.6.so...
--1288-- ... CRC mismatch (computed 8D0DB48E wanted BF5D33FD)
--1288--    object doesn't have a symbol table
--1288-- Reading syms from /home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec 
(0x8048000)
--1288-- Reading syms from /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/memcheck (0x38000000)
--1288--    object doesn't have a dynamic symbol table
--1288-- Reading suppressions file: /usr/lib/valgrind/default.supp

Valgrind's memory management: out of memory:
   initialiseSector(TC)'s request for 20127744 bytes failed.
   15462400 bytes have already been allocated.
Valgrind cannot continue.  Sorry.

erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$
erlang@REDACTED:~/otp/bin$ strace 
/home/erlang/otp/lib/erlang/erts-5.5/bin/erlexec
...
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
0x40019000
read(3, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0"..., 4096) = 
56
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x40019000, 4096)                = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8105970, [], SA_STACK}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x81059a0, [], SA_STACK}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x81059f0, [], SA_STACK}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
gettimeofday({1153397168, 556219}, NULL) = 0
times({tms_utime=0, tms_stime=0, tms_cutime=0, tms_cstime=0}) = 65006
pipe([3, 4])                            = 0
fcntl64(3, F_GETFL)                     = 0 (flags O_RDONLY)
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x8105c40, [], SA_STACK}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT USR1 CHLD], [], 8) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8388608, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x404fb000
mprotect(0x404fb000, 4096, PROT_NONE)   = 0
clone(child_stack=0x40cfa4c4, 
flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_DETACHED, 
parent_tidptr=0x40cfabf8, {entry_number:0, base_addr:0x40cfabb0, 
limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, 
seg_not_present:0, useable:1}, child_tidptr=0x40cfabf8) = 1291
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Process 1290 detached


erlang@REDACTED:~$ erlc -h
Usage:  erlc [options] file.ext ...
Options:
-b type        type of output file (e.g. jam or beam)
-d             turn on debugging of erlc itself
erlang@REDACTED:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:         30188      15416      14772          0       1512       9004
-/+ buffers/cache:       4900      25288
Swap:            0          0          0
erlang@REDACTED:~$ uname -a
Linux uml0 2.6.17.6 #1 Sun Jul 16 12:25:48 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
erlang@REDACTED:~$





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