[M3devel] pthread assertion failure exiting formsedit

Rodney M. Bates rodney_bates at lcwb.coop
Sun Jun 28 04:29:41 CEST 2015


I tried this locally (including lines 228 & 229 also) and it does make the current
symptom go away.  Also, the thread test is not showing any worrisome output, after
a few minutes.

BTW, I take it this test is not intended to terminate on its own?

On 06/27/2015 09:20 PM, Rodney M. Bates wrote:
> Tony, please review/comment on my analysis, as this kind if code is very delicate,
> and this is the first time I have looked at it.
>
> This is in ThreadPThread.m3.
>
> It is possible that thread th, waiting on an M3 Condition variable in XWait,
> line 239, by actually waiting on pthreads condition variable self.cond,
> can be both Signaled and Alerted, before it reacquires self.mutex.  Either of
> Signal or Alert will pthread_cond_signal self.cond, but the other can acquire
> self.mutex before th reacquires it, after the first pthread_cond_signal.
> When th finally gets self.mutex, both self.alerted and self.waitingOn=NIL.
>
> I propose to wrap lines 216 thru' 227 inside IF self.waitingOn # NIL THEN ...
>
> Presumably, if both Signal and Alert have happened, we want to raise Alerted,
> rather than just wake up th.
>
> On 06/26/2015 11:03 AM, Rodney M. Bates wrote:
>> This reproduces for me on AMD64_LINUX.  As I recall, mika's thread test had passed
>> on this target.  I am rerunning it, but it has gone all night and is still going.
>>
>> self.waitingOn and c.mutex are revealed only in ThreadPThread.m3, so there is some hope this can be
>> diagnosed by looking therein.  Everything shallower in the backtrace (debugger's "down" = closer to
>> top of stack--confusing, to me) looks irrelevant.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ***
>> *** runtime error:
>> ***    <*ASSERT*> failed.
>> ***    file "../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3", line 216
>> ***
>>
>>
>> Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
>> [Switching to Thread 140370469975808 (LWP 17456)]
>> 0x00007faaa45a9f77 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> (m3gdb) up
>> #1  0x00007faaa45ad5e8 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> (m3gdb) up
>> #2  0x00007faaa4bc3f68 in Cstdlib__abort () at ../src/C/Common/CstdlibC.c:21
>> 21    M3WRAP_RETURN_VOID(Cstdlib__abort, abort, (void), ())
>> Current language:  auto; currently c
>> (m3gdb) up
>> #3  0x00007faaa4bba364 in Crash () at ../src/runtime/POSIX/RTOS.m3:20
>> 20        Cstdlib.abort ();
>> Current language:  auto; currently Modula-3
>> (m3gdb) bt
>> #0  0x00007faaa45a9f77 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #1  0x00007faaa45ad5e8 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> #2  0x00007faaa4bc3f68 in Cstdlib__abort () at ../src/C/Common/CstdlibC.c:21
>> #3  0x00007faaa4bba364 in Crash () at ../src/runtime/POSIX/RTOS.m3:20
>> #4  0x00007faaa4baf027 in Crash (msg=NIL) at ../src/runtime/common/RTProcess.m3:65
>> #5  0x00007faaa4bad11b in EndError (crash=TRUE) at ../src/runtime/common/RTError.m3:118
>> #6  0x00007faaa4bace2d in MsgS (file=16_00007faaa4e033c7, line=216, msgA=16_00007faaa4dfeb70, msgB=16_00007faaa4df9900,
>>      msgC=16_00007faaa4dfeb70) at ../src/runtime/common/RTError.m3:40
>> #7  0x00007faaa4bad577 in Crash (a=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END, raises=FALSE, rte=16_00007faaa4df9760)
>>      at ../src/runtime/common/RTException.m3:79
>> #8  0x00007faaa4bad26f in DefaultBackstop (a=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END, raises=FALSE) at ../src/runtime/common/RTException.m3:39
>> #9  0x00007faaa4bad1bf in InvokeBackstop (a=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END, raises=FALSE) at ../src/runtime/common/RTException.m3:25
>> #10 0x00007faaa4bbad0a in Raise (act=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END) at ../src/runtime/ex_frame/RTExFrame.m3:85
>> #11 0x00007faaa4bad31c in DefaultBackstop (a=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END, raises=FALSE) at ../src/runtime/common/RTException.m3:47
>> #12 0x00007faaa4bad1bf in InvokeBackstop (a=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END, raises=FALSE) at ../src/runtime/common/RTException.m3:25
>> #13 0x00007faaa4bbad0a in Raise (act=
>>      RECORD exception = 16_00007faaa4df9760; arg = 16_000000000000000c; module = 16_00007faaa4e19160; line = 216; pc = NIL; info0 = NIL; info1 = NIL; un_except = 16_00007faaa4df9760; un_arg = NIL;  END) at ../src/runtime/ex_frame/RTExFrame.m3:85
>> #14 0x00007faaa4b9782b in ReportFault (module=16_00007faaa4e19160, info=6912) at ../src/runtime/common/RTHooks.m3:111
>> #15 0x00007faaa4bc17e1 in _m3_fault (arg=6912) from /usr/local/cm3-uniboot/bin/../lib/libm3core.so.5
>> #16 0x00007faaa4bbc9c7 in XWait (self=16_0000000001856130, m=16_0000000001906318, c=16_0000000001906340, alertable=TRUE)
>>      at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:216
>> #17 0x00007faaa4bbcc4d in AlertWait (m=16_0000000001906318, c=16_0000000001906340) at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:247
>> #18 0x000000000040656b in EditorRootApply (root=16_00000000015d93e8) at ../src/FormsEditVBT.m3:272
>> #19 0x00007faaa4bbe71e in RunThread (me=16_0000000001856130) at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:518
>> #20 0x00007faaa4bbe3d2 in ThreadBase (param=16_0000000001856130) at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:491
>> #21 0x00007faaa4942f6e in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
>> #22 0x00007faaa466d9cd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>> (m3gdb) frame 16
>> #16 0x00007faaa4bbc9c7 in XWait (self=16_0000000001856130, m=16_0000000001906318, c=16_0000000001906340, alertable=TRUE)
>>      at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:216
>> 216            <*ASSERT self.waitingOn = c.mutex*>
>> (m3gdb) info arg
>> self = 16_0000000001856130
>> m = (*16_0000000001906318*) OBJECT mutex = 16_0000000001854cb0; holder = NIL; waiters = NIL;  END
>> c = (*16_0000000001906340*) OBJECT mutex = 16_00007faa84000e20; waiters = NIL; name = 16_0000000000615b90;  END
>> alertable = TRUE
>> (m3gdb) info loc
>> prev = 16_00007faa8bffeb90
>> next = 16_00007faaa4bc1db6
>> (m3gdb) p self^
>> $13 = RECORD frame = 16_00007faa8bffed00; mutex = 16_0000000001854dd0; cond = 16_0000000001854ce0; alerted = FALSE; waitingOn = NIL;
>>      nextWaiter = NIL; next = 16_00007faa8c00e530; prev = 16_000000000183b9f0; handle = 16_00007faa8bfff700;
>>      stackbase = 16_00007faa8bffee68; context = NIL; state = Started; slot = 6; floatState = RECORD behavior = {Trap, Trap, Trap, Trap,
>>      Trap, Trap, Trap}; sticky = {FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE};  END; heapState = RECORD inCritical = 0;
>>      pool = RECORD note = Allocated; pure = FALSE; page = 16_0000000001760000; next = 16_00000000017600c8; limit = 16_0000000001770000;
>>       END;  END;  END
>> (m3gdb) p c.name
>> $14 = (*16_0000000000615b90*) Cannot access memory at address 0x615b90
>> (m3gdb) p self.waitingOn
>> $15 = NIL
>> (m3gdb) p c.mutex
>> $16 = 16_00007faa84000e20
>> (m3gdb)
>>
>>
>> On a previous run, after more poking around in the debugger, I had:
>>
>> (m3gdb) p c.name
>> $12 = (*16_0000000000615b90*) "all editors closed"
>>
>> on 06/22/2015 08:50 PM, Jay K wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Every time I exit formsedit on MacOS X:
>>>
>>>
>>> (gdb) run
>>> Starting program: /cm3/bin/formsedit
>>> Reading symbols for shared libraries +++++++++++++++++++++..... done
>>>
>>>
>>> ***
>>> *** runtime error:
>>> ***    <*ASSERT*> failed.
>>> ***    file "../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3", line 216
>>> ***
>>>
>>>
>>> Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
>>> 0x940181ae in semaphore_wait_signal_trap ()
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> #0  0x940181ae in semaphore_wait_signal_trap ()
>>> #1  0x9404a1c6 in _pthread_cond_wait ()
>>> #2  0x9408f449 in pthread_cond_wait ()
>>> #3  0x0093aaee in ThreadPThread__pthread_cond_wait (i=0x1400830, j=0x1400800) at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThreadC.c:459
>>> #4  0x00935ade in ThreadPThread__XWait (self=0x14007a0, m=0x7e0084, c=0x1543644, alertable=0 '\0') at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:239
>>> #5  0x00937a54 in ThreadPThread__XJoin (self=0x14007a0, t=0x1543628, alertable=0 '\0') at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:581
>>> #6  0x00937b5c in Thread__Join (t=0x1543628) at ../src/thread/PTHREAD/ThreadPThread.m3:593
>>> #7  0x00014392 in FormsEdit__main () at ../src/FormsEdit.m3:52
>>> #8  0x0001451d in FormsEdit_M3 (mode=1) at ../src/FormsEdit.m3:62
>>> #9  0x00927175 in RTLinker__RunMainBody (m=0x15c40) at ../src/runtime/common/RTLinker.m3:408
>>> #10 0x00926601 in RTLinker__AddUnitI (m=0x15c40) at ../src/runtime/common/RTLinker.m3:115
>>> #11 0x0092667c in RTLinker__AddUnit (b=0x143a8) at ../src/runtime/common/RTLinker.m3:124
>>>
>>>
>>>      WITH r = pthread_mutex_lock(self.mutex) DO <*ASSERT r=0*> END;
>>>      LOOP
>>>        IF alertable AND self.alerted THEN
>>>          self.alerted := FALSE;
>>>          <*ASSERT self.waitingOn = c.mutex*>
>>>
>>> NOTE: The Modula-3 assert does not break into the debugger. There is a later problem in pthread_cond_wait  that does. This is with the gcc backend.
>>>
>>>
>>>   - Jay
>>>
>>
>

-- 
Rodney Bates
rodney.m.bates at acm.org



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