[Python-Dev] OpenBSD anyone?

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

> That suggests it's still in Py_Initialize().  What does the gdb
> command 'bt' say???
>
> I'd also try another experiment: instead of "run" try "run -S".  This
> passes the -S option to Python when it is started, so that it doesn't
> try to load site.py (which executes rather a lot of Python code).  I'd
> be interested in seeing how much you can do interactively in that
> case, of if it still crashes in Py_Initialize().

Script started on Mon Dec 22 15:20:25 2003
hydra /home/kbk/proj/sandbox/python_clean$ gdb ./python
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(gdb) run -S
Starting program: /home/kbk/proj/sandbox/python_clean/./python -S

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x401900a0 in strchr ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x401900a0 in strchr ()
#1  0x1d11d in load_next (mod=0x10905c, altmod=0x10905c, p_name=0xcfbfd640, 
    buf=0xcfbfd230 "__builtin__", p_buflen=0xcfbfd22c) at Python/import.c:2004
#2  0x1cc40 in import_module_ex (name=0x19786 "__builtin__", globals=0x0, locals=0x0, 
    fromlist=0x0) at Python/import.c:1888
#3  0x1ce29 in PyImport_ImportModuleEx (name=0x19786 "__builtin__", globals=0x0, locals=0x0, 
    fromlist=0x0) at Python/import.c:1922
#4  0x1dfe9 in PyImport_Import (module_name=0x115598) at Python/import.c:2333
#5  0x1caec in PyImport_ImportModule (name=0xb895e "__builtin__") at Python/import.c:1853
#6  0xb8b3d in _PyExc_Init () at Python/exceptions.c:1755
#7  0x25ad4 in Py_Initialize () at Python/pythonrun.c:205
#8  0x282f in Py_Main (argc=2, argv=0xcfbfd82c) at Modules/main.c:376
#9  0x17e3 in main (argc=2, argv=0xcfbfd82c) at Modules/python.c:23
(gdb) q
The program is running.  Quit anyway (and kill it)? (y or n) y
hydra /home/kbk/proj/sandbox/python_clean$ 
Script done on Mon Dec 22 15:21:06 2003


Same result w/o -S

=============================================================
Slightly later:

(gdb) b import.c:2004
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1d10f: file Python/import.c, line 2004.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/kbk/proj/sandbox/python_clean/./python 

Breakpoint 1, load_next (mod=0xe98ec, altmod=0xe98ec, p_name=0xcfbfd88c, buf=0xcfbfd47c "", 
    p_buflen=0xcfbfd478) at Python/import.c:2004
2004            char *dot = strchr(name, '.');
(gdb) p *p_name
$1 = 0x19786 "__builtin__"
(gdb) p name
$2 = 0x19786 "__builtin__"
(gdb) p strchr(name, '.')

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

OTOH, if I break at 2004 and then step once, I get by the strchr call
OK.  Also if I stepi through it.  If I continue, it segfaults at the
next execution of line 2004.  Weird.

Investigating.

-- 
KBK