Re: libgcj/52: SIGSEGV in GC

[Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR libgcj/52; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
To: Patrik Hagglund <patha@ida.liu.se>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>,
        Java Gnats Server <java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: libgcj/52: SIGSEGV in GC 
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:48:15 -0700

 >>>>> "Patrik" == Patrik Hagglund <patha@ida.liu.se> writes:
 
 Patrik> Trying my HelloWorld program now gives the following error
 Patrik> message:
 
 Patrik> ./Hello                
 Patrik>   STACK_GROWS_DOWN is defd, but stack appears to grow up
 Patrik>   sp = 0xffbedf24, GC_stackbottom = 0x0
 Patrik>   stack direction 3
 Patrik>   zsh: IOT instruction (core dumped)  ./Hello
 
 I have never seen this before.
 I don't really know what is going on here, I'm afraid.
 You could try asking the list to see if anybody else has seen it.
 
 
 Patrik> (gdb) bt
 Patrik> #0  0x7f798184 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
 Patrik> #1  0x7f739408 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
 Patrik> #2  0x7f91ebec in GC_abort (msg=0x7f922fe8 "stack direction 3\n")
 Patrik>     at ../../../boehm-gc/misc.c:775
 Patrik> #3  0x7f91e7f4 in GC_init_inner () at ../../../boehm-gc/misc.c:484
 Patrik> #4  0x7f91b834 in GC_generic_malloc_inner (lb=2052, k=0)
 Patrik>     at ../../../boehm-gc/malloc.c:91
 Patrik> #5  0x7face8c4 in _Jv_InitGC () at ../../../libjava/boehm.cc:415
 Patrik> #6  0x7fab9ee4 in _Jv_RegisterClasses (classes=0xffbee0a8)
 Patrik>     at ../../../libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc:385
 Patrik> #7  0x7fab9f90 in _Jv_RegisterClass (klass=0x2a3bc)
 Patrik>     at ../../../libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc:410
 Patrik> #8  0x14a68 in global constructors keyed to Hello.Hello () at Hello.java:4
 Patrik> #9  0x193b4 in __do_global_ctors_aux () at include/new:39
 Patrik> #10 0x193ec in _init () at include/new:39