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30.2: "Pure Lisp storage overflowed" on some 32-bit big-endian targets

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From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz <at> physik.fu-berlin.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 30.2: "Pure Lisp storage overflowed" on some 32-bit big-endian targets
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:15:23 +0100

Hello,

starting with Emacs 30.2, builds have started to fail on some 32-bit big-endian targets with:

	Pure Lisp storage overflowed

On 32-bit HPPA, the tail of the build log [1] has:

Loading dnd...
Loading tool-bar...
Loading dynamic-setting...
Loading touch-screen...
Loading x-dnd...
Pure Lisp storage overflowed
Backtrace:
./temacs() [0x17f0c0]

On 32-bit PowerPC, the tail of the build log [2] has:

Loading dnd...
Loading tool-bar...
Loading dynamic-setting...
Loading touch-screen...
Loading x-dnd...
Pure Lisp storage overflowed
Backtrace:
./temacs(+0x1a9390) [0x5a9390]
./temacs(+0x3926c) [0x43926c]
./temacs(+0x394f4) [0x4394f4]
./temacs(+0x1a6694) [0x5a6694]
./temacs(+0x1a66fc) [0x5a66fc]
linux-vdso32.so.1(__kernel_sigtramp_rt32+0x0) [0xf7f94430]
./temacs(+0x24a2f4) [0x64a2f4]
./temacs(+0x24a4f8) [0x64a4f8]
./temacs(+0x24a570) [0x64a570]
./temacs(+0x249bd8) [0x649bd8]
./temacs(+0x1ff8f4) [0x5ff8f4]
./temacs(+0x214d38) [0x614d38]
./temacs(+0x23231c) [0x63231c]
./temacs(+0x26e6d4) [0x66e6d4]
./temacs(+0x26ef78) [0x66ef78]
./temacs(+0x2322e0) [0x6322e0]
./temacs(+0x232510) [0x632510]
./temacs(+0x2321e8) [0x6321e8]
./temacs(+0x2321e8) [0x6321e8]
./temacs(+0x26e6d4) [0x66e6d4]
./temacs(+0x26ef78) [0x66ef78]
./temacs(+0x2322e0) [0x6322e0]
./temacs(+0x232ecc) [0x632ecc]
./temacs(+0x181124) [0x581124]
./temacs(+0x22bde8) [0x62bde8]
./temacs(+0x182230) [0x582230]
./temacs(+0x22bcd0) [0x62bcd0]
./temacs(+0x180f94) [0x580f94]
./temacs(+0x18a324) [0x58a324]
./temacs(+0x18a8dc) [0x58a8dc]
./temacs(+0x3c310) [0x43c310]
/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2baf0) [0xf379baf0]
/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x1e0) [0xf379bd30]
make[4]: *** [Makefile:684: emacs.pdmp] Segmentation fault

This worked fine with 30.1.

Thanks,
Adrian

> [1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=emacs&arch=hppa&ver=1%3A30.2%2B1-1&stamp=1762740480&raw=0
> [2] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=emacs&arch=powerpc&ver=1%3A30.2%2B1-1&stamp=1763240979&raw=0

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Message #8 received at 79869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz <at> physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: 79869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79869: 30.2: "Pure Lisp storage overflowed" on some 32-bit
 big-endian targets
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:25:35 +0200

> From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz <at> physik.fu-berlin.de>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:15:23 +0100
> 
> starting with Emacs 30.2, builds have started to fail on some 32-bit big-endian targets with:
> 
> 	Pure Lisp storage overflowed

Just enlarge the value of SYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA in src/puresize.h
until it succeeds to builds again.

The fact that the pure Lisp size on the emacs-30 branch is borderline
is known, but we don't expect to produce any more releases from that
branch (and Emacs 31 drops the pure storage completely), so these
problems must be solved locally by whoever builds the tarball.

Message #13 received at 79869-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: glaubitz <at> physik.fu-berlin.de
Cc: 79869-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79869: 30.2: "Pure Lisp storage overflowed" on some 32-bit
 big-endian targets
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:22:48 +0200

> Cc: 79869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:25:35 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz <at> physik.fu-berlin.de>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:15:23 +0100
> > 
> > starting with Emacs 30.2, builds have started to fail on some 32-bit big-endian targets with:
> > 
> > 	Pure Lisp storage overflowed
> 
> Just enlarge the value of SYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA in src/puresize.h
> until it succeeds to builds again.
> 
> The fact that the pure Lisp size on the emacs-30 branch is borderline
> is known, but we don't expect to produce any more releases from that
> branch (and Emacs 31 drops the pure storage completely), so these
> problems must be solved locally by whoever builds the tarball.

No further comments within more than 2 weeks, so I presume the problem
was solved, and I'm therefore closing this bug.

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