Re: [Boost-build] [EXTERNAL] Re: Boost build vacpp on Linux (PPC)

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [EXTERNAL] Re: Boost build vacpp on Linux (PPC)
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-29 11:14:11

AMDG

On 03/28/2012 10:31 PM, Hubert Tong wrote:
> 
> I have confirmed that compiling function.c with optimization is the key to
> hitting the issue.
> It seems argv/envp can affect how the failure presents itself.
> 
> Using xlc option -qinitauto=00 (which will zero otherwise uninitialized
> stack variables), I can get:
>> bin.aixppc/b2 --help
> jambase.c:76: in module scope
> *** argument error
> * rule find-to-root (  :  )
> * called with:
> ( /home/hstong/b2011/boost-trunk-2012-03-25-12-03-24-EDT/tools/build/v2/engine :
>  boost-build.jam )
> * extra
> argument /home/hstong/b2011/boost-trunk-2012-03-25-12-03-24-EDT/tools/build/v2/engine
> jambase.c:11:see definition of rule 'find-to-root' being called
> Return:  0x01:1
> 

Okay. So I was off-by-one on the line number.
The problem appears to be either in arg_list_compile
or in argument_list_push.

A few more things that would help:

a) The output with the attached patch
   (There may be a lot.  I only need the output for
   find-to-root)

b) The output when run under valgrind --track-origins=yes

c) A mixed assembler/source dump for function.c.  (The
   problem is sufficiently isolated now that I should
   be able to track down the problem with only this.)

> Here is the debugger trace without -qinitauto=00 (I replaced struct _object
> with char to get better output):
> Segmentation fault in list_end at line 120 in file "lists.c"
>   120           return list_begin( l ) + l->impl.size;
> (dbx) where
> list_end(l = 0xdeadbeef), line 120 in "lists.c"
> type_check(type_name = "", values = (nil), caller = 0x00000020, called =
> 0x0000c128, arg_name = (nil)), line 2686 in "function.c"

So the stack is totally broken.  I really hope
that this is mostly a result of incorrect debug
info, because l in frame 0, should be the same
as values in frame 1.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe