From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GDB cannot access memory after Emacs abort
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:18:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uwssodrlv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ir48gzet.fsf@escher.local.home> (message from Stephen Berman on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:01:14 +0100)
> From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:01:14 +0100
>
> >> > > (gdb) bt
> >> > > #0 abort () at emacs.c:431
> >> > > Cannot access memory at address 0xbfd6836c
> >> > > Cannot access memory at address 0x8321b6c
> >
> > Stack overflow, maybe?
>
> Due to an infinite loop in Emacs?
Due to infinite recursion, or some complex regexp, who knows?
Perhaps the Linux folks here can suggest how to check for a stack
overflow: it has to do with comparing the value of $sp with some
platform-dependent symbol that holds the top of the stack.
> If it was due to a stack overflow, does that mean GDB is above
> suspicion in this case?
Yes, if we prove that it's a stack overflow.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-12 4:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-11-10 23:50 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-11 6:46 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-11 7:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-11-11 23:05 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 4:18 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-11-12 5:24 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-13 22:40 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:20 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-13 23:28 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-11-14 10:00 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-11 19:22 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-11-11 23:10 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 0:39 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-11-12 17:47 ` Jim Blandy
2007-11-12 19:44 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-13 22:36 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 22:34 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:14 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:48 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:51 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-12 7:39 ` Vladimir Prus
2007-11-13 22:36 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-13 23:24 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:50 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-14 12:00 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 19:24 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-15 1:00 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-11 23:01 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-12 5:15 ` Michael Snyder
2007-11-14 9:55 ` Stephen Berman
2007-11-14 12:00 ` Michael Snyder
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