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Appears -fstack-protector-strong can cause the test-out-of-memory crashes

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From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: Appears -fstack-protector-strong can cause the test-out-of-memory
 crashes
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:19:50 -0600

While updating Debian to 2.2.3 (and trying to get 2.2 building on all
the release architectures) I hit the previously reported
test-out-of-memory failure, or something similar.

I spent a while poking at it, and it looks like -fstack-protector-strong
can reliably cause the crash.

Additional details: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=+29464#11

Thanks
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Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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Message #8 received at 29884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: 29884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29884: Appears -fstack-protector-strong can cause
 the	test-out-of-memory crashes
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:45:48 -0600

Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org> writes:

> While updating Debian to 2.2.3 (and trying to get 2.2 building on all
> the release architectures) I hit the previously reported
> test-out-of-memory failure, or something similar.
>
> I spent a while poking at it, and it looks like -fstack-protector-strong
> can reliably cause the crash.
>
> Additional details: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=+29464#11

Apologies for creating a new bug.  I'd meant to send this to
guile-devel, not the bug tracker.  I'd assume they can be merged.

-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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Message #15 received at 29884-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: 29884-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29884: Appears -fstack-protector-strong can cause the
 test-out-of-memory crashes
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:18:38 -0600

Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org> writes:

> While updating Debian to 2.2.3 (and trying to get 2.2 building on all
> the release architectures) I hit the previously reported
> test-out-of-memory failure, or something similar.
>
> I spent a while poking at it, and it looks like -fstack-protector-strong
> can reliably cause the crash.

This appears to be fixed now.  After a successful make check with the
debian packaging of 3.0.10[1] on
https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=perotto in a ppc64el chroot, I
ran that tree's test-out-of-memory in a loop for a while with no
crashes.

[1] Still specifies -fstack-protector-strong.

-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
GPG as of 2011-07-10 E6A9 DA3C C9FD 1FF8 C676 D2C4 C0F0 39E9 ED1B 597A
GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4

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