bug#53506: guix-packages-base.drv leads to segfault on i686-linux

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Ludovic!

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>>> ‘guix-packages-base.drv’ fails to build due to a Guile segfault (!):
>>>
>>> [653/656] compiling...  99.1% of 328 files[654/656] compiling...
>>> 99.4% of 328 files[655/656] compiling...  99.7% of 328 filesGC
>>> Warning: Failed to expand heap by 8388608 bytes
>>> GC Warning: Failed to expand heap by 8388608 bytes
>>> GC Warning: Failed to expand heap by 8388608 bytes
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> GC Warning: Failed to expand heap by 8388608 bytes
>>> GC Warning: Failed to expand heap by 8388608 bytes
>>> builder for
>>> `/gnu/store/cnrmdbcyy8r9bs2gl2kgpnyplivrzf5c-guix-packages-base.drv'
>>> failed due to signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
>>> @ build-failed
>>> /gnu/store/cnrmdbcyy8r9bs2gl2kgpnyplivrzf5c-guix-packages-base.drv
>>> - 1 builder for
>>> `/gnu/store/cnrmdbcyy8r9bs2gl2kgpnyplivrzf5c-guix-packages-base.drv'
>>> failed due to signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
>>
>> On closer inspection, this is caused by OOM, with Guile peaking at 2.8G
>> resident (!) at that point, more than on x86_64.
>
> An update: with changes made in Guile “main” over the last couple of
> weeks, memory consumption is 20% lower and compilation is 20% faster
> compared to 3.0.7 (on x86_64):
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env time -f '%U seconds\n%M KiB' guile -c '(use-modules (system base compile)) (compile-file "gnu/packages/crates-io.scm" #:optimization-level 1)'
> 53.84 seconds
> 795972 KiB
> $ ./pre-inst-env time -f '%U seconds\n%M KiB' /data/src/guile-3.0/meta/guile -c '(use-modules (system base compile)) (compile-file "gnu/packages/crates-io.scm" #:optimization-level 1 #:opts (list #:inlinable-exports? #f #:resolve-free-vars? #f))'
> 43.00 seconds
> 618724 KiB
> $
> $ guile --version
> guile (GNU Guile) 3.0.7
> Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> License LGPLv3+: GNU LGPL 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>.
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> $ (cd /data/src/guile-3.0; git log | head -1)
> commit 2aed3c117c2d667ecca1e38a016f2cb4b524ab50

Impressive!  Keep up the good work!

Thanks,

Maxim