Segmentation fault on Linux

[Edmund Dengler]

# file core
core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style,
SVR4-style, from 'beam'

# gdb ./lib/erlang/erts-5.4.9/bin/beam core
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db
library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".

Core was generated by
`/opt/pkgs/erlang/10b-7/lib/erlang/erts-5.4.9/bin/beam -- -root /opt/pkgs/erlang'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.

warning: current_sos: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error

Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/librt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/librt.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libpthread.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpthread.so.0
#0  0x401ac16e in __pthread_sighandler () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x401ac16e in __pthread_sighandler () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1  <signal handler called>
#2  0x4013b061 in fts_children () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3  0x080ec627 in check_io (do_wait=1) at sys/unix/sys.c:2506
#4  0x080ed0db in erl_sys_schedule (runnable=0) at sys/unix/sys.c:3366
#5  0x0809c84a in schedule (p=0x0, calls=0) at beam/erl_process.c:477
#6  0x080d3aa7 in process_main () at beam/beam_emu.c:1148
#7  0x0807622f in erl_start (argc=9, argv=0x0) at beam/erl_init.c:902
#8  0x08065c1b in main (argc=-4, argv=0xfffffffc) at
sys/unix/erl_main.c:28
(gdb)

Regards!
Ed

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> Edmund Dengler writes:
>  > Howdy!
>  >
>  > I did the run, but probably not what was expected. Is there a "compile so
>  > the binary is debuggable" option for configuration?
>  >
>  > # export ROOTDIR=/opt/pkgs/erlang/10b-7/lib/erlang
>  > BINDIR=$ROOTDIR/erts-5.4.9/bin EMU=beam PROGNAME=erl
>  >
>  > # gdb
>  > GNU gdb 6.0
>  > Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>  > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
>  > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
>  > Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
>  > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
>  > This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu".
>  > (gdb) file lib/erlang/erts-5.4.9/bin/erlexec
>  > Reading symbols from lib/erlang/erts-5.4.9/bin/erlexec...done.
>  > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
>  > (gdb) r -- -root /opt/pkgs/erlang/10b-7/bin
>  > Starting program: /opt/pkgs/erlang/10b-7/lib/erlang/erts-5.4.9/bin/erlexec
>  > -- -root /opt/pkgs/erlang/10b-7/bin
>  > warning: Unable to find dynamic linker breakpoint function.
>  > GDB will be unable to debug shared library initializers
>  > and track explicitly loaded dynamic code.
>  > Detaching after fork from child process 835.
>  > Detaching after fork from child process 839.
>  >
>  > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>  > 0x401ac16e in ?? ()
>  > (gdb) bt
>  > #0  0x401ac16e in ?? ()
>  > (gdb)
>  >
>  > Regards!
>  > Ed
>  >
>  > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Bjorn Gustavsson wrote:
>  >
>  > > Could you please run gdb on the core dump and print the stack backtrace
>  > > so that we can see where it crashed?
>  > >
>  > > /Bjorn
>
> 1) file core.$pid
>    to figure out which executable dumped it
> 2) gdb /path/to/otp/bin/$executable core.$pid
>