Re: GDB cannot access memory after Emacs abort

Michael Snyder
2007-11-14T12:00:51Z

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 10:50 +0100, Stephen Berman wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:06:28 -0800 Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > To pursue it further, we can go one of two ways:
> >
> > A) maybe you can provide us with enough information and
> > context to reproduce the problem ourselves? This seems
> > unlikely, but maybe, for instance, you know that with
> > a certain released version of emacs and a certain released
> > version of linux, you can give a fixed sequence of commands
> > and reliably reproduce the crash?
> >
> > or
> >
> > B) we can keep asking you for more information, question
> > and answer style.
> >
> > For instance, I'd like to know the output that you get
> > from the following gdb commands when you're at the breakpoint:
> >
> > i) info registers
> > ii) info target
> > iii) x /64x $esp
>
> I posted a followup providing the requested information but it hasn't
> yet appeared on the list, perhaps because it was too long (the output of
> `info target' was 1815 lines long). Since I've gotten a backtrace in
> the mean time (see my followup to your suggestion to attach the emacs
> process to gdb), do you want me to repost or email you this information,
> or is it no longer relevant?

I think it's moot now.
Good luck!