From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: occasional sigbus or sigpipe with current cvs (2006-03-14) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:15:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20060315105217.GA18018@kermit.dfn-cert.de> <87bqw62egp.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 1142551085 2093 80.91.229.2 (16 Mar 2006 23:18:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 17 00:18:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FK1jA-0006DP-F2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:17:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FK1j9-0001ri-P0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:17:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FK1is-0001oA-2z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:17:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FK1ir-0001ml-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:17:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FK1iq-0001ma-Pd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:17:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FK1na-0003Gc-Sq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:22:31 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 46988FAC006; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:17:29 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Chong Yidong In-Reply-To: <87bqw62egp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:48:38 -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:51723 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: >>> This happens on a Dell SX 280 running SuSE 10.0, one cpu, smp >>> kernel 2.6.13-15.8-smp with hyperthreading turned on in the bios. >> >> Could you try to turn it off? >> >> We have had misc reports that emacs crashes with hyper threading. > > That was the string-allocation-in-a-signal-handler bug, which was > fixed several weeks ago. Emacs should *not* crash with hyperthreading > now. I see. So I suggest that Frederick first tries to run for a while with a fully up-to-date CVS checkout (with my latest fix) .. AND with hyper-threading ENABLED. If it still crashes, then try to disable HT, and run for a while.. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk