From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: GC crashes Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:15:38 -0500 Message-ID: <87wtiknbad.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ek5be1jk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20051122115205.GA7151@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87veygwww4.fsf_-_@stupidchicken.com> <20051129161358.GA26104@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87acfnqf23.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20051130145117.GA27450@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87y836dl61.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20051202123356.GA28236@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87iru75ytm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20051202161055.GA6237@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87y833fi0p.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133709496 6427 80.91.229.2 (4 Dec 2005 15:18:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 15:18:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 04 16:18:14 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EivbR-000382-Cg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:16:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EivbW-0001AM-2h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:16:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eivag-00018d-E1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:15:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eivac-00017k-Gf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:15:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eivac-00017h-3X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:15:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [18.95.6.185] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eivax-0003QD-90 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:16:07 -0500 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E677C1E42BB; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:15:39 -0500 (EST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87y833fi0p.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:52:54 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46950 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > I've been following up on the crashes reported at > (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg01325.html) > by Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs. I noticed he was also using > hyperthreading. > >>> By the way, could you tell me what `uname -a' returns, and your >>> gcc version? >> >> Linux kermit 2.6.13-15-smp #1 SMP Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 i686 >> i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> >> (the smp is due to hyperthreading) I noticed also that another string_free_list crash, reported in April, occurred in a system with hyperthreading as well: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2005-04/msg00027.html System: Suse Linux 9.1 on Pentium 4 with 2 GB RAM. Suse kernel 2.6.5-7.145-smp #1 SMP. I've asked Friedrich to check if the crashes go away with hyperthreading turned off. If so, this may be a Linux bug, or a GCC bug.