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Re: Difficult to debug VM crash with full blocks and Sista V1

Nicolas Cellier
 
If I comment /* signal(SIGIO,forceInterruptCheck) */ in platforms//unix/vm/aio.c
then I don't experiment crashes anymore

One solution if we want to manipulate the rsp safely is
- to define a specific stack for signal handling via sigaltstack()
- to use that specific stack via sigaction() with SA_ONSTACK flag

That's too low level and I prefer some assistance here.
There are several calls to signal in the VM so they should all be reviewed.

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 22:10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
I confirm that each crash follows a SIGIO -> forceInterruptCheck() with corrupted stack pointer pointing to methodZone (that is executable zone so program counter).
I did:
1) remove static declaration of methodZoneBase and limitAddress in cogitX64Sysv.c so as to make them exported globals
2) declared them as extern sqInt in gcc-cointerp.c
3) instrumented forceInterruptCheck() so as to emit a warning and/or set a breakpoint:

    if ( getsp() > methodZoneBase && getsp() <= limitAddress ) {
        printf("pb in forceInterruptCheck\n");
    }

Unlike what I said, forceInterruptCheck() does nothing special and certainly not invoke Smalltalk code nor JITTED code.
The interruptCheckChain function that it could invoke is generally null (except for debug/simulation purpose), and always null in the crash i observed.
The signal handler also generally operate on same stack (unless specifically asked via sigaction() - which is not the case).
My earler diagnostic was driven by the false assumption that handler would use the interrupt stack pointer (IST), and thus that only special stack pointer manipulation happening in trampoline could corrupt it, hmmm that was late night blurred minded ;)

What comes to my mind:
- the signal SIGIO might happen while we are manipulating the stack pointer, hence the heisenbug
- the stack pointer could be offseted by some incorrect code (but why no error would happen before SIGIO then?)

I don't have clear understanding of all spur machinery details that would help further diagnosis
Eliot, doesn't it sound interesting?

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 08:10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Maybe I draw conclusions too quickly.
But clearly, the signal handler has a stack pointer pointing in methodZone.

(lldb) p/x $rsp
(unsigned long) $211 = 0x0000000107c92da0
(lldb) p/x methodZoneBase
(sqInt) $212 = 0x0000000107c01d30
(lldb) p/x limitAddress
(usqInt) $213 = 0x0000000107d5e000

It remains to see how that happened.

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 05:49, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi all,
So I finally got it!
That's our specific handling of SIGIO with forceInterruptCheck.
Don't you JIT the signal handler!

The signal handler is using a different stack pointer so as to not interfere with the program.
Until Cog decide to jump into JITTED code from within the signal handler.
It now share a stack pointer pointing somewhere in cog methodZone, and anything it does with it's stack (call a function, save registers...) will destroy the JITTED code.
It even happened when I used the debugger which shares the interrupt handler stack pointer!

Why does it not happen in linux, and why only Mac OS 64, I have no clue...
But we can't decently live very long with such handling.

Le mer. 2 oct. 2019 à 23:29, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi Eliot,
so I have set watchpoint to 4 previous crash and got this:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 98150 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 98164 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/SqueakDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 1.1
    frame #0: 0x00000001001618ec Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication setupMenus](self=0x000000010076e1a0, _cmd="setupMenus") at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:123
   120
   121 - (void) setupMenus {
   122 //    nothing to do so far since the menu is setup in the MainMenu.nib file
-> 123 }
   124
   125 - (void) setupTimers {
   126 extern void SetUpTimers(void);
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c992b4
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 35: addr = 0x107c992b4 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c929e0
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 34: addr = 0x107c929e0 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c945df
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 36: addr = 0x107c945df size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c92da3
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 37: addr = 0x107c92da3 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) c
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 34 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 34
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689912642157150198
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010012de84 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c92da0, size=1240, selector=4435376352) at cogitX64SysV.c:6321
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
   6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
-> 6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
   6324 /* If the method has already been cogged (e.g. Newspeak accessors) then
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 36 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910520
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 36
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="\b???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=8) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 35 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 35
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689912642157150198
new value: -5066732099722018553
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
   64148 /* StackInterpreter>>#forceInterruptCheck */
   64149 sqInt
   64150 forceInterruptCheck(void)
-> 64151 {   DECL_MAYBE_SQ_GLOBAL_STRUCT
   64152    void (*iccFunc)();
   64153    StackPage *thePage;
   64154
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
  * frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
    frame #1: 0x00007fff6ab9af5a libsystem_platform.dylib`_sigtramp + 26
    frame #2: 0x0000000107c10699
    frame #3: 0x0000000107c9646f
    frame #4: 0x0000000107c9633e
    frame #5: 0x0000000107c962ac
    frame #6: 0x0000000107c961e9
    frame #7: 0x0000000107c8fcf8
    frame #8: 0x0000000107c98605
    frame #9: 0x0000000107c8bbfe
    frame #10: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #11: 0x0000000107c8c4ad
    frame #12: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #13: 0x0000000107c8c2a5
    frame #14: 0x0000000107c8bb4c
    frame #15: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #16: 0x0000000107c8ba05
    frame #17: 0x0000000107c8b85b
    frame #18: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #19: 0x0000000107c8b7e1
    frame #20: 0x0000000107c57018
    frame #21: 0x0000000107c018c8
(lldb) call printCallStack()

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910456
new value: 4435376368
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.
(lldb) call printCogMethodFor((void*)0x0000000107c10699)

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: 4435376368
new value: 0
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.

I don't know how to proceed, but maybe there's enough clue for you...

Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 à 01:28, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
Hi Nicolas,

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:32 AM Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
 
I noticed that many crash happen in testSendTimeout.
This test is organizing a race:
- Smalltalk fill the socket send buffer
- the OS tries to drain

The other thing I noticed is that [SocketTest suite run] takes 7 to 8s on macos while only 2 to 3s on ubuntu and windows
So it might be that some test times out on macos, while it doesn't on other OS.

This would explain that many crash also happen in JITted Timer loop, and that we cannot observe it in other OSes.

Yes, that is, I think, an important clue.  The other one is that, given that the crash always happens only early in a run, plus the address at which it crashes in machine code, suggests to me that the crash occurs when the interpreter invokes a block in the JITted startTimerLoop.

What worries me is that the JITted code for startTimerLoop looks completely corrupted, not merely moved or overwritten (the method header looks OK up to the selector field, which is the last field in the header).  So I'm wondering whether it could be a bug in support code overwriting machine code, and hence that not might be related to a 32-bit vs 64-bit code issue.  I was hoping your recent sqUnixSocket.c changes might work but I'm sure they have no bearing.

The access to OS ressources and the race may also explain some randomization of the crash...

So one idea would be to make the test timeout in linux too, see if we can make it crash then try using rr.
Maybe it's possible with a huge Socket buffer, a smaller image side buffer (we could reduce the size from 1000 to 1 so as to increase overhead).

Yes, that's a good idea.  But I do think we need to set up a reliable remote server, som thing that acts like an infinite sink for receiving a par4ticular large Monticello package, so that ev very time the example runs the same package is indeed copied to a remote server.  Would it be possible to construct such a fake Monticello server?  

What I'm wanting the server to do is
a) take a while to respond to the Monticello package contents request
b) to never include a particular package which the example would always try and upload

The test case would be to copy a particular version of VMMaker from package-cache to the remote "fake" server
 

It's just theories I tried to construct while biking, not in front of a keyboard, and I won't be able to verify until this evening...
But the watchpoint strategy is too much vain shooting in the dark, we need more ellaborated plans ;)

Does anyone see the crash on macOS in 32 bits?

Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:28, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :


Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:25, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Follow up: so we have a problem of repeatability...
I found nothing like rr for macos, and CPU watchpoint capability is too restricted to be usefull.

So what I did is save a crash.image attempting to crash at resumption time:
    Smalltalk saveAs: 'crash'.
    Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true.
    5 timesRepeat: [SocketTest suite run].

Then I launched the vm under lldb and gathered $pc stats to see if I could observe some reproducibility
(lldb) p/x $pc - methodZoneBase
0x00000000000a0e94
0x0000000000090f70
0x000000000009f824
0x000000000009bfc8
0x000000000009d030
0x000000000009c7c0
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000949c8 <- once
0x0000000000094418
0x00000000000949c8 <— twice
0x000000000009b848
0x00000000000a0e94 <- twice
0x000000000009a176
0x000000006dfff2e0 ???
0x00000000000996d1
0x00000000000949c8 <- thrice good candidate for watchpoint set
0x000000000009ae70
0x000000000009ae70
0x00000000000a18e7
0x0000000000095470
0x000000000009c458
0x00000000000a0a7c
0x0000000000093e89
0x000000000009beb0
0x0000000000095a37
0x0000000000095408
0x00000000000a06bc
0x000000000009cd48
0x0000000000095408 <- twice
0x000000000009ba41
0x0000000000095408 <- thrice new candidate for watchpoint set
0x0000000000045258   <— smallest ever
0x000000000009c7c0
0x0000000000095408 <- fourth ! the watch point was set here, why didn’t it stop??? argh methodZoneBase was incremented after I set the watchpoint!!!
0x00000000000a12dc
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000a0e24
0x000000000009ff8c
0x000000000009c7f6
0x000000000009a626

Then I have chosen to watch the most frequent crash address,
that is methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408,
Unfortunately, s commented above, I missed one (I set the watchpoint too early, before methodZoneBase took its definitive address).

And after a few (a bunch of)  trials, here is what I found:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 28175 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 28185 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/Squeak.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Squeak was compiled with optimization - stepping may behave oddly; variables may not be available.
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 6.1
    frame #0: 0x000000010007bc22 Squeak`-[sqSqueakOSXApplication doHeadlessSetup](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd="doHeadlessSetup") at sqSqueakOSXApplication.m:125 [opt]
   122 //No super call here as we've already set headless from command line or info.plist
   123 extern BOOL gSqueakHeadless;    
   124    // Notice that setActivationPolicy: is available in OSX 10.6 and later
-> 125    if ([NSApp respondsToSelector:@selector(setActivationPolicy:)]) {
   126        if (gSqueakHeadless) {
   127            [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited];
   128        } else {
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa s e -s 1 -- methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 33: addr = 0x107c58138 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) cont
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689348814741910836
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x00000001000731dc Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6320 [opt]
   6317    sqInt rawHeader;
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
-> 6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
   6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910836
new value: -3689571654825360894
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
   6336 (method->selector = selector);
   6337 (method->cmNumArgs = argumentCountOfMethodHeader(methodHeader));
   6338 (method->cmHasMovableLiteral = hasMovableLiteral);
-> 6339 if ((method->cmRefersToYoung = hasYoungReferent)) {
   6340 addToYoungReferrers(method);
   6341 }
   6342 (method->cmUsageCount = initialMethodUsageCount());
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
  * frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
    frame #1: 0x000000010004f90c Squeak`compileCogMethod [inlined] generateCogMethod(selector=<unavailable>) at cogitX64SysV.c:7098 [opt]
    frame #2: 0x000000010004f7a5 Squeak`compileCogMethod(selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:27780 [opt]
    frame #3: 0x000000010004bc54 Squeak`cogselector(aMethodObj=4468481712, aSelectorOop=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:4833 [opt]
    frame #4: 0x0000000100013d4d Squeak`primitiveClosureValue at gcc3x-cointerp.c:27237 [opt]
    frame #5: 0x0000000107bd1925
    frame #6: 0x000000010000236b Squeak`interpret at gcc3x-cointerp.c:2767 [opt]
    frame #7: 0x000000010008ed55 Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication runSqueak](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd=<unavailable>) at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:201 [opt]
    frame #8: 0x00007fff44b077b8 Foundation`__NSFirePerformWithOrder + 360
    frame #9: 0x00007fff4297cf57 CoreFoundation`__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
    frame #10: 0x00007fff4297ce7f CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoObservers + 527
    frame #11: 0x00007fff4295f3f8 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 1240
    frame #12: 0x00007fff4295ec93 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 483
    frame #13: 0x00007fff41c49d96 HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286
    frame #14: 0x00007fff41c49a0f HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon + 366
    frame #15: 0x00007fff41c49884 HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
    frame #16: 0x00007fff3fef9a73 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 2085
    frame #17: 0x00007fff4068fe34 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044
    frame #18: 0x00007fff3feee885 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 764
    frame #19: 0x00007fff3febda72 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 804
    frame #20: 0x00007fff6a88c015 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
(lldb)

Here I don't know how to proceed, because I have no knowledge of this part of the VM, it's also quite late now...
Eliot, does it ring some bell?


Ah, forget it, I thought it was overwriting, but it is the first write on yet virgin methodeZone...
(it's just that the scenario was different from all the previous run)

Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 11:21, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
On 2019-09-22 10:57, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> Thanks, a recording debugger would indeed be a tremendous help!
> Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the bug under linux, only
> macosx...
> Do you know something equivalent to rr for mac?

No, I don't. There might be something though, I never had a mac...

Jan

>
> Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 09:55, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>> - can anyone think of any other strategies I might take to try and
>>> reproduce this?
>>>
>> at the risk of stating the obvious, in cases similar to this rr (+
>> VDB)
>> helped
>> me many times. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu4ED8wPYE
>>
>> Never used with opensmalltalk VM, though.
>>
>> HTH, Jan


--
_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot
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Re: Difficult to debug VM crash with full blocks and Sista V1

David T. Lewis
 
Hi Nicolas,

I am only reading your (very impressive) emails here, and not really
looking at the code. But for whatever it may be worth:

I am not surprised if OS X and Linux behave differently with respect
to signal delivery and handling. OS X started with a Mach kernel that
was based on lightweight threads, and it evolved to be a flavor of unix
with a unix process model based on threads. Linux started as a unix clone
with unix processes that were gradually evolved to act like threads.
Nowadays they are probably more or less the same in most practical
respects, but the mechanisms for delivering signals to threads and/or
processes might be different in the details.

IIUC, your hypothesis is that signals are being delivered to threads
at some point at which the state of the thread stack is somehow not
consistent with what is expected (somehow related to competing uses
of stacks in the interpreter and jit frames). That makes sense to me.

You suggest a possible solution of defining a specific stack for signal
handling via sigaltstack() and using that stack via sigaction() with
SA_ONSTACK flag. That is probably the right thing to do.

One reason I think it may be the right thing to do is that Eliot
and/or I did something very similar for the signal forwarding mechanism
in OSProcessPlugin. Checking the old commit notices (because I do not
really recall the details), I added SA_ONSTACK to deal with some Cog
(stack intepreter) issues back in 2012.

Here is the commit notice that explains the issue at that time:

    Name: VMConstruction-Plugins-OSProcessPlugin-dtl.37
    Author: dtl
    Time: 22 December 2012, 3:08:51.228 pm
    UUID: e3c06c1b-76d8-4025-9d13-5fe582618c62
    Ancestors: VMConstruction-Plugins-OSProcessPlugin-dtl.36
   
    OSProcessPlugin 4.5.1
   
    Use an alternate signal stack to avoid consuming native stack space.
    This prevents stack usage problems when running on Cog (stack depth
    exceeded when a signal is being handled). Adapted from
    VMConstruction-Plugins-OSProcessPlugin.oscog-eem.38 with the
    following changes:
   
    - Always use sigaltstack if the platform supports it (i.e. do not
      test for Cog).
    - If SQ_ONSTACK is not defined, then assume the platform cannot support
      signalstack and use the default stack. Use macros to define away
      unsupportable code.
    - Fix some type declarations to address int/pointer comparison
    - Use #isDefined:inSmalltalk:comment:ifTrue:ifFalse:

And for reference here is the generated C code from UnixOSProcessPlugin>>setSignalNumber:handler
(my original version, oscog is different but the same in essence). It sets
SA_ONSTACK for the signal stack, and also SA_RESTART because the VM code
generally cannot be expected to handle restarting interrupted primitives
rigorously, therefore use the simple default.

    /* Set a signal handler. The C code translator will convert #sig:nal: into 'signal(parm1, parm2)' */
    static void * setSignalNumberhandler(sqInt signalNumber, void *signalHandlerAddress) {
        struct sigaction oldHandlerAction;
        struct sigaction sigHandlerAction;
    # ifdef SA_ONSTACK  // true if platform supports sigaltstack
    sigHandlerAction.sa_sigaction = signalHandlerAddress;
    sigHandlerAction.sa_flags = SA_ONSTACK | SA_RESTART;
    sigemptyset(&sigHandlerAction.sa_mask);
    if ((sigaction(signalNumber, (&sigHandlerAction), (&oldHandlerAction))) != 0) {
    perror("signal");
    }
    return oldHandlerAction.sa_sigaction;
    # else
    return signal(signalNumber, signalHandlerAddress);
    # endif  // SA_ONSTACK
    return null;
    }


Dave


On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 10:47:03PM +0200, Nicolas Cellier wrote:

>  
> If I comment /* signal(SIGIO,forceInterruptCheck) */ in
> platforms//unix/vm/aio.c
> then I don't experiment crashes anymore
>
> One solution if we want to manipulate the rsp safely is
> - to define a specific stack for signal handling via sigaltstack()
> - to use that specific stack via sigaction() with SA_ONSTACK flag
>
> That's too low level and I prefer some assistance here.
> There are several calls to signal in the VM so they should all be reviewed.
>
> Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 ?? 22:10, Nicolas Cellier <
> [hidden email]> a ??crit :
>
> > I confirm that each crash follows a SIGIO -> forceInterruptCheck() with
> > corrupted stack pointer pointing to methodZone (that is executable zone so
> > program counter).
> > I did:
> > 1) remove static declaration of methodZoneBase and limitAddress in
> > cogitX64Sysv.c so as to make them exported globals
> > 2) declared them as extern sqInt in gcc-cointerp.c
> > 3) instrumented forceInterruptCheck() so as to emit a warning and/or set a
> > breakpoint:
> >
> >     if ( getsp() > methodZoneBase && getsp() <= limitAddress ) {
> >         printf("pb in forceInterruptCheck\n");
> >     }
> >
> > Unlike what I said, forceInterruptCheck() does nothing special and
> > certainly not invoke Smalltalk code nor JITTED code.
> > The interruptCheckChain function that it could invoke is generally null
> > (except for debug/simulation purpose), and always null in the crash i
> > observed.
> > The signal handler also generally operate on same stack (unless
> > specifically asked via sigaction() - which is not the case).
> > My earler diagnostic was driven by the false assumption that handler would
> > use the interrupt stack pointer (IST), and thus that only special stack
> > pointer manipulation happening in trampoline could corrupt it, hmmm that
> > was late night blurred minded ;)
> >
> > What comes to my mind:
> > - the signal SIGIO might happen while we are manipulating the stack
> > pointer, hence the heisenbug
> > - the stack pointer could be offseted by some incorrect code (but why no
> > error would happen before SIGIO then?)
> >
> > I don't have clear understanding of all spur machinery details that would
> > help further diagnosis
> > Eliot, doesn't it sound interesting?
> >
> > Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 ?? 08:10, Nicolas Cellier <
> > [hidden email]> a ??crit :
> >
> >> Maybe I draw conclusions too quickly.
> >> But clearly, the signal handler has a stack pointer pointing in
> >> methodZone.
> >>
> >> (lldb) p/x $rsp
> >> (unsigned long) $211 = 0x0000000107c92da0
> >> (lldb) p/x methodZoneBase
> >> (sqInt) $212 = 0x0000000107c01d30
> >> (lldb) p/x limitAddress
> >> (usqInt) $213 = 0x0000000107d5e000
> >>
> >> It remains to see how that happened.
> >>
> >> Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 ?? 05:49, Nicolas Cellier <
> >> [hidden email]> a ??crit :
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> So I finally got it!
> >>> That's our specific handling of SIGIO with forceInterruptCheck.
> >>> Don't you JIT the signal handler!
> >>>
> >>> The signal handler is using a different stack pointer so as to not
> >>> interfere with the program.
> >>> Until Cog decide to jump into JITTED code from within the signal handler.
> >>> It now share a stack pointer pointing somewhere in cog methodZone, and
> >>> anything it does with it's stack (call a function, save registers...) will
> >>> destroy the JITTED code.
> >>> It even happened when I used the debugger which shares the interrupt
> >>> handler stack pointer!
> >>>
> >>> Why does it not happen in linux, and why only Mac OS 64, I have no
> >>> clue...
> >>> But we can't decently live very long with such handling.
> >>>
> >>> Le mer. 2 oct. 2019 ?? 23:29, Nicolas Cellier <
> >>> [hidden email]> a ??crit :
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Eliot,
> >>>> so I have set watchpoint to 4 previous crash and got this:
> >>>>
> >>>> (lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
> >>>> There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
> >>>> Process 98150 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
> >>>> Process 98164 launched:
> >>>> '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/SqueakDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak'
> >>>> (x86_64)
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint
> >>>> 1.1
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x00000001001618ec Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication
> >>>> setupMenus](self=0x000000010076e1a0, _cmd="setupMenus") at
> >>>> sqSqueakMainApplication.m:123
> >>>>    120
> >>>>    121 - (void) setupMenus {
> >>>>    122 //    nothing to do so far since the menu is setup in the
> >>>> MainMenu.nib file
> >>>> -> 123 }
> >>>>    124
> >>>>    125 - (void) setupTimers {
> >>>>    126 extern void SetUpTimers(void);
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c992b4
> >>>> Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 35: addr = 0x107c992b4 size = 1 state =
> >>>> enabled type = w
> >>>> (lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c929e0
> >>>> Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 34: addr = 0x107c929e0 size = 1 state =
> >>>> enabled type = w
> >>>> (lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c945df
> >>>> Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 36: addr = 0x107c945df size = 1 state =
> >>>> enabled type = w
> >>>> (lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c92da3
> >>>> Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 37: addr = 0x107c92da3 size = 1 state =
> >>>> enabled type = w
> >>>>     new value: -3689348814741910324
> >>>> (lldb) c
> >>>> Process 98164 resuming
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 34 hit:
> >>>> new value: -3689348814741910456
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 34
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x0000000100102067
> >>>> Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,
> >>>> val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
> >>>>    133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces
> >>>> efficient code for small accessors.
> >>>>    134     These are preferred because static type checking will
> >>>> prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
> >>>>    135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
> >>>> -> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
> >>>>    137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
> >>>>    138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
> >>>>    139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb)
> >>>> Process 98164 resuming
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 37 hit:
> >>>> old value: -3689348814741910324
> >>>> new value: -3689912642157150198
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 37
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x000000010012de84
> >>>> Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c92da0, size=1240,
> >>>> selector=4435376352) at cogitX64SysV.c:6321
> >>>>    6318
> >>>>    6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
> >>>>    6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
> >>>> -> 6321 (method->blockSize = size);
> >>>>    6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
> >>>>    6323
> >>>>    6324 /* If the method has already been cogged (e.g. Newspeak
> >>>> accessors) then
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb)
> >>>> Process 98164 resuming
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 36 hit:
> >>>> new value: -3689348814741910520
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 36
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x0000000100102067
> >>>> Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="\b???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,
> >>>> val=8) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
> >>>>    133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces
> >>>> efficient code for small accessors.
> >>>>    134     These are preferred because static type checking will
> >>>> prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
> >>>>    135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
> >>>> -> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
> >>>>    137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
> >>>>    138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
> >>>>    139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb)
> >>>> Process 98164 resuming
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 35 hit:
> >>>> new value: -3689348814741910456
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 35
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x0000000100102067
> >>>> Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????,
> >>>> val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
> >>>>    133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces
> >>>> efficient code for small accessors.
> >>>>    134     These are preferred because static type checking will
> >>>> prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
> >>>>    135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
> >>>> -> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
> >>>>    137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
> >>>>    138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) {
> >>>> return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
> >>>>    139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return
> >>>> (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb)
> >>>> Process 98164 resuming
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 37 hit:
> >>>> old value: -3689912642157150198
> >>>> new value: -5066732099722018553
> >>>> Process 98164 stopped
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 37
> >>>>     frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at
> >>>> gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
> >>>>    64148 /* StackInterpreter>>#forceInterruptCheck */
> >>>>    64149 sqInt
> >>>>    64150 forceInterruptCheck(void)
> >>>> -> 64151 {   DECL_MAYBE_SQ_GLOBAL_STRUCT
> >>>>    64152    void (*iccFunc)();
> >>>>    64153    StackPage *thePage;
> >>>>    64154
> >>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>> (lldb) bt
> >>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint
> >>>> 37
> >>>>   * frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at
> >>>> gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
> >>>>     frame #1: 0x00007fff6ab9af5a libsystem_platform.dylib`_sigtramp + 26
> >>>>     frame #2: 0x0000000107c10699
> >>>>     frame #3: 0x0000000107c9646f
> >>>>     frame #4: 0x0000000107c9633e
> >>>>     frame #5: 0x0000000107c962ac
> >>>>     frame #6: 0x0000000107c961e9
> >>>>     frame #7: 0x0000000107c8fcf8
> >>>>     frame #8: 0x0000000107c98605
> >>>>     frame #9: 0x0000000107c8bbfe
> >>>>     frame #10: 0x0000000107c1100e
> >>>>     frame #11: 0x0000000107c8c4ad
> >>>>     frame #12: 0x0000000107c0cef6
> >>>>     frame #13: 0x0000000107c8c2a5
> >>>>     frame #14: 0x0000000107c8bb4c
> >>>>     frame #15: 0x0000000107c0cef6
> >>>>     frame #16: 0x0000000107c8ba05
> >>>>     frame #17: 0x0000000107c8b85b
> >>>>     frame #18: 0x0000000107c1100e
> >>>>     frame #19: 0x0000000107c8b7e1
> >>>>     frame #20: 0x0000000107c57018
> >>>>     frame #21: 0x0000000107c018c8
> >>>> (lldb) call printCallStack()
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 34 hit:
> >>>> old value: -3689348814741910456
> >>>> new value: 4435376368
> >>>> error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
> >>>> The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.
> >>>> (lldb) call printCogMethodFor((void*)0x0000000107c10699)
> >>>>
> >>>> Watchpoint 34 hit:
> >>>> old value: 4435376368
> >>>> new value: 0
> >>>> error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
> >>>> The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't know how to proceed, but maybe there's enough clue for you...
> >>>>
> >>>> Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 ?? 01:28, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]>
> >>>> a ??crit :
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Nicolas,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:32 AM Nicolas Cellier <
> >>>>> [hidden email]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I noticed that many crash happen in testSendTimeout.
> >>>>>> This test is organizing a race:
> >>>>>> - Smalltalk fill the socket send buffer
> >>>>>> - the OS tries to drain
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The other thing I noticed is that [SocketTest suite run] takes 7 to
> >>>>>> 8s on macos while only 2 to 3s on ubuntu and windows
> >>>>>> So it might be that some test times out on macos, while it doesn't on
> >>>>>> other OS.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This would explain that many crash also happen in JITted Timer loop,
> >>>>>> and that we cannot observe it in other OSes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, that is, I think, an important clue.  The other one is that,
> >>>>> given that the crash always happens only early in a run, plus the address
> >>>>> at which it crashes in machine code, suggests to me that the crash occurs
> >>>>> when the interpreter invokes a block in the JITted startTimerLoop.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What worries me is that the JITted code for startTimerLoop looks
> >>>>> completely corrupted, not merely moved or overwritten (the method header
> >>>>> looks OK up to the selector field, which is the last field in the header).
> >>>>> So I'm wondering whether it could be a bug in support code overwriting
> >>>>> machine code, and hence that not might be related to a 32-bit vs 64-bit
> >>>>> code issue.  I was hoping your recent sqUnixSocket.c changes might work but
> >>>>> I'm sure they have no bearing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The access to OS ressources and the race may also explain some
> >>>>>> randomization of the crash...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So one idea would be to make the test timeout in linux too, see if we
> >>>>>> can make it crash then try using rr.
> >>>>>> Maybe it's possible with a huge Socket buffer, a smaller image side
> >>>>>> buffer (we could reduce the size from 1000 to 1 so as to increase overhead).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, that's a good idea.  But I do think we need to set up a reliable
> >>>>> remote server, som thing that acts like an infinite sink for receiving a
> >>>>> par4ticular large Monticello package, so that ev very time the example runs
> >>>>> the same package is indeed copied to a remote server.  Would it be possible
> >>>>> to construct such a fake Monticello server?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What I'm wanting the server to do is
> >>>>> a) take a while to respond to the Monticello package contents request
> >>>>> b) to never include a particular package which the example would
> >>>>> always try and upload
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The test case would be to copy a particular version of VMMaker from
> >>>>> package-cache to the remote "fake" server
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It's just theories I tried to construct while biking, not in front of
> >>>>>> a keyboard, and I won't be able to verify until this evening...
> >>>>>> But the watchpoint strategy is too much vain shooting in the dark, we
> >>>>>> need more ellaborated plans ;)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does anyone see the crash on macOS in 32 bits?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 ?? 00:28, Nicolas Cellier <
> >>>>>> [hidden email]> a ??crit :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 ?? 00:25, Nicolas Cellier <
> >>>>>>> [hidden email]> a ??crit :
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Follow up: so we have a problem of repeatability...
> >>>>>>>> I found nothing like rr for macos, and CPU watchpoint capability is
> >>>>>>>> too restricted to be usefull.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> So what I did is save a crash.image attempting to crash at
> >>>>>>>> resumption time:
> >>>>>>>>     Smalltalk saveAs: 'crash'.
> >>>>>>>>     Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true.
> >>>>>>>>     5 timesRepeat: [SocketTest suite run].
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Then I launched the vm under lldb and gathered $pc stats to see if
> >>>>>>>> I could observe some reproducibility
> >>>>>>>> (lldb) p/x $pc - methodZoneBase
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a0e94
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000090f70
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009f824
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009bfc8
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009d030
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009c7c0
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000951e0
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000949c8 <- once
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000094418
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000949c8 <??? twice
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009b848
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a0e94 <- twice
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009a176
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000006dfff2e0 ???
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000996d1
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000949c8 <- thrice good candidate for watchpoint set
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009ae70
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009ae70
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a18e7
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095470
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009c458
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a0a7c
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000093e89
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009beb0
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095a37
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095408
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a06bc
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009cd48
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095408 <- twice
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009ba41
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095408 <- thrice new candidate for watchpoint set
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000045258   <??? smallest ever
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009c7c0
> >>>>>>>> 0x0000000000095408 <- fourth ! the watch point was set here, why
> >>>>>>>> didn???t it stop??? argh methodZoneBase was incremented after I set the
> >>>>>>>> watchpoint!!!
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a12dc
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000951e0
> >>>>>>>> 0x00000000000a0e24
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009ff8c
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009c7f6
> >>>>>>>> 0x000000000009a626
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Then I have chosen to watch the most frequent crash address,
> >>>>>>>> that is methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408,
> >>>>>>>> Unfortunately, s commented above, I missed one (I set the
> >>>>>>>> watchpoint too early, before methodZoneBase took its definitive address).
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> And after a few (a bunch of)  trials, here is what I found:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> (lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
> >>>>>>>> There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
> >>>>>>>> Process 28175 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 launched:
> >>>>>>>> '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/Squeak.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak'
> >>>>>>>> (x86_64)
> >>>>>>>> Squeak was compiled with optimization - stepping may behave oddly;
> >>>>>>>> variables may not be available.
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 stopped
> >>>>>>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason =
> >>>>>>>> breakpoint 6.1
> >>>>>>>>     frame #0: 0x000000010007bc22 Squeak`-[sqSqueakOSXApplication
> >>>>>>>> doHeadlessSetup](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd="doHeadlessSetup") at
> >>>>>>>> sqSqueakOSXApplication.m:125 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>    122 //No super call here as we've already set headless from
> >>>>>>>> command line or info.plist
> >>>>>>>>    123 extern BOOL gSqueakHeadless;
> >>>>>>>>    124    // Notice that setActivationPolicy: is available in OSX
> >>>>>>>> 10.6 and later
> >>>>>>>> -> 125    if ([NSApp respondsToSelector:@selector(setActivationPolicy:)])
> >>>>>>>> {
> >>>>>>>>    126        if (gSqueakHeadless) {
> >>>>>>>>    127            [NSApp
> >>>>>>>> setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited];
> >>>>>>>>    128        } else {
> >>>>>>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>>>>>> (lldb) wa s e -s 1 -- methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408
> >>>>>>>> Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 33: addr = 0x107c58138 size = 1
> >>>>>>>> state = enabled type = w
> >>>>>>>>     new value: -3689348814741910324
> >>>>>>>> (lldb) cont
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 resuming
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Watchpoint 33 hit:
> >>>>>>>> old value: -3689348814741910324
> >>>>>>>> new value: -3689348814741910836
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 stopped
> >>>>>>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason =
> >>>>>>>> watchpoint 33
> >>>>>>>>     frame #0: 0x00000001000731dc
> >>>>>>>> Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544,
> >>>>>>>> selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6320 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>    6317    sqInt rawHeader;
> >>>>>>>>    6318
> >>>>>>>>    6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
> >>>>>>>> -> 6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
> >>>>>>>>    6321 (method->blockSize = size);
> >>>>>>>>    6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
> >>>>>>>>    6323
> >>>>>>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>>>>>> (lldb)
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 resuming
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Watchpoint 33 hit:
> >>>>>>>> old value: -3689348814741910836
> >>>>>>>> new value: -3689571654825360894
> >>>>>>>> Process 28185 stopped
> >>>>>>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason =
> >>>>>>>> watchpoint 33
> >>>>>>>>     frame #0: 0x0000000100073255
> >>>>>>>> Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544,
> >>>>>>>> selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>    6336 (method->selector = selector);
> >>>>>>>>    6337 (method->cmNumArgs =
> >>>>>>>> argumentCountOfMethodHeader(methodHeader));
> >>>>>>>>    6338 (method->cmHasMovableLiteral = hasMovableLiteral);
> >>>>>>>> -> 6339 if ((method->cmRefersToYoung = hasYoungReferent)) {
> >>>>>>>>    6340 addToYoungReferrers(method);
> >>>>>>>>    6341 }
> >>>>>>>>    6342 (method->cmUsageCount = initialMethodUsageCount());
> >>>>>>>> Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
> >>>>>>>> (lldb) bt
> >>>>>>>> * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason =
> >>>>>>>> watchpoint 33
> >>>>>>>>   * frame #0: 0x0000000100073255
> >>>>>>>> Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544,
> >>>>>>>> selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #1: 0x000000010004f90c Squeak`compileCogMethod [inlined]
> >>>>>>>> generateCogMethod(selector=<unavailable>) at cogitX64SysV.c:7098 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #2: 0x000000010004f7a5
> >>>>>>>> Squeak`compileCogMethod(selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:27780 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #3: 0x000000010004bc54
> >>>>>>>> Squeak`cogselector(aMethodObj=4468481712, aSelectorOop=4435118304) at
> >>>>>>>> cogitX64SysV.c:4833 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #4: 0x0000000100013d4d Squeak`primitiveClosureValue at
> >>>>>>>> gcc3x-cointerp.c:27237 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #5: 0x0000000107bd1925
> >>>>>>>>     frame #6: 0x000000010000236b Squeak`interpret at
> >>>>>>>> gcc3x-cointerp.c:2767 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #7: 0x000000010008ed55 Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication
> >>>>>>>> runSqueak](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd=<unavailable>) at
> >>>>>>>> sqSqueakMainApplication.m:201 [opt]
> >>>>>>>>     frame #8: 0x00007fff44b077b8
> >>>>>>>> Foundation`__NSFirePerformWithOrder + 360
> >>>>>>>>     frame #9: 0x00007fff4297cf57
> >>>>>>>> CoreFoundation`__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__
> >>>>>>>> + 23
> >>>>>>>>     frame #10: 0x00007fff4297ce7f
> >>>>>>>> CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoObservers + 527
> >>>>>>>>     frame #11: 0x00007fff4295f3f8 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun +
> >>>>>>>> 1240
> >>>>>>>>     frame #12: 0x00007fff4295ec93
> >>>>>>>> CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 483
> >>>>>>>>     frame #13: 0x00007fff41c49d96
> >>>>>>>> HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286
> >>>>>>>>     frame #14: 0x00007fff41c49a0f HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon
> >>>>>>>> + 366
> >>>>>>>>     frame #15: 0x00007fff41c49884
> >>>>>>>> HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
> >>>>>>>>     frame #16: 0x00007fff3fef9a73 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 2085
> >>>>>>>>     frame #17: 0x00007fff4068fe34 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEvent)
> >>>>>>>> _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044
> >>>>>>>>     frame #18: 0x00007fff3feee885 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 764
> >>>>>>>>     frame #19: 0x00007fff3febda72 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 804
> >>>>>>>>     frame #20: 0x00007fff6a88c015 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
> >>>>>>>> (lldb)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Here I don't know how to proceed, because I have no knowledge of
> >>>>>>>> this part of the VM, it's also quite late now...
> >>>>>>>> Eliot, does it ring some bell?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ah, forget it, I thought it was overwriting, but it is the first
> >>>>>>> write on yet virgin methodeZone...
> >>>>>>> (it's just that the scenario was different from all the previous run)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 ?? 11:21, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a
> >>>>>>>> ??crit :
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 2019-09-22 10:57, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> > Hi Jan,
> >>>>>>>>> > Thanks, a recording debugger would indeed be a tremendous help!
> >>>>>>>>> > Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the bug under linux, only
> >>>>>>>>> > macosx...
> >>>>>>>>> > Do you know something equivalent to rr for mac?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> No, I don't. There might be something though, I never had a mac...
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Jan
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>>> > Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 ?? 09:55, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]>
> >>>>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>>> > ??crit :
> >>>>>>>>> >
> >>>>>>>>> >> Hi,
> >>>>>>>>> >>
> >>>>>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>>>>> >>> - can anyone think of any other strategies I might take to try
> >>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>> >>> reproduce this?
> >>>>>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>>>>> >> at the risk of stating the obvious, in cases similar to this rr
> >>>>>>>>> (+
> >>>>>>>>> >> VDB)
> >>>>>>>>> >> helped
> >>>>>>>>> >> me many times. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu4ED8wPYE
> >>>>>>>>> >>
> >>>>>>>>> >> Never used with opensmalltalk VM, though.
> >>>>>>>>> >>
> >>>>>>>>> >> HTH, Jan
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> _,,,^..^,,,_
> >>>>> best, Eliot
> >>>>>
> >>>>

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Re: Difficult to debug VM crash with full blocks and Sista V1

Eliot Miranda-2
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Hi Nicolas,

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:10 PM Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
I confirm that each crash follows a SIGIO -> forceInterruptCheck() with corrupted stack pointer pointing to methodZone (that is executable zone so program counter).
I did:
1) remove static declaration of methodZoneBase and limitAddress in cogitX64Sysv.c so as to make them exported globals
2) declared them as extern sqInt in gcc-cointerp.c
3) instrumented forceInterruptCheck() so as to emit a warning and/or set a breakpoint:

    if ( getsp() > methodZoneBase && getsp() <= limitAddress ) {
        printf("pb in forceInterruptCheck\n");
    }

Unlike what I said, forceInterruptCheck() does nothing special and certainly not invoke Smalltalk code nor JITTED code.
The interruptCheckChain function that it could invoke is generally null (except for debug/simulation purpose), and always null in the crash i observed.
The signal handler also generally operate on same stack (unless specifically asked via sigaction() - which is not the case).
My earler diagnostic was driven by the false assumption that handler would use the interrupt stack pointer (IST), and thus that only special stack pointer manipulation happening in trampoline could corrupt it, hmmm that was late night blurred minded ;)

What comes to my mind:
- the signal SIGIO might happen while we are manipulating the stack pointer, hence the heisenbug
- the stack pointer could be offseted by some incorrect code (but why no error would happen before SIGIO then?)

I don't have clear understanding of all spur machinery details that would help further diagnosis
Eliot, doesn't it sound interesting?

It looks to me like the right cause.  The corruption I was seeing in the methodSZOne doesn't;t look like a bug in the JIT; it looks like overwriting.  I had thought we were using sigaltstack to ensure the signal handler runs on a dedicated stack, but it appears we don't.  If I'm right that we're not using sigaltstack then this may be very easy to fix :-)

[I have to mention ALSA and its awful SIGIO sign al handling code; see platforms/unix//vm-sound-ALSA/sqUnixSoundALSA.c.  I don't think this affects the Mac, but it could be an issue on Linux]
 

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 08:10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Maybe I draw conclusions too quickly.
But clearly, the signal handler has a stack pointer pointing in methodZone.

(lldb) p/x $rsp
(unsigned long) $211 = 0x0000000107c92da0
(lldb) p/x methodZoneBase
(sqInt) $212 = 0x0000000107c01d30
(lldb) p/x limitAddress
(usqInt) $213 = 0x0000000107d5e000

It remains to see how that happened.

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 05:49, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi all,
So I finally got it!
That's our specific handling of SIGIO with forceInterruptCheck.
Don't you JIT the signal handler!

The signal handler is using a different stack pointer so as to not interfere with the program.
Until Cog decide to jump into JITTED code from within the signal handler.
It now share a stack pointer pointing somewhere in cog methodZone, and anything it does with it's stack (call a function, save registers...) will destroy the JITTED code.
It even happened when I used the debugger which shares the interrupt handler stack pointer!

Why does it not happen in linux, and why only Mac OS 64, I have no clue...
But we can't decently live very long with such handling.

Le mer. 2 oct. 2019 à 23:29, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi Eliot,
so I have set watchpoint to 4 previous crash and got this:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 98150 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 98164 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/SqueakDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 1.1
    frame #0: 0x00000001001618ec Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication setupMenus](self=0x000000010076e1a0, _cmd="setupMenus") at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:123
   120
   121 - (void) setupMenus {
   122 //    nothing to do so far since the menu is setup in the MainMenu.nib file
-> 123 }
   124
   125 - (void) setupTimers {
   126 extern void SetUpTimers(void);
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c992b4
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 35: addr = 0x107c992b4 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c929e0
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 34: addr = 0x107c929e0 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c945df
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 36: addr = 0x107c945df size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c92da3
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 37: addr = 0x107c92da3 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) c
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 34 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 34
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689912642157150198
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010012de84 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c92da0, size=1240, selector=4435376352) at cogitX64SysV.c:6321
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
   6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
-> 6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
   6324 /* If the method has already been cogged (e.g. Newspeak accessors) then
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 36 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910520
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 36
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="\b???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=8) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 35 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 35
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689912642157150198
new value: -5066732099722018553
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
   64148 /* StackInterpreter>>#forceInterruptCheck */
   64149 sqInt
   64150 forceInterruptCheck(void)
-> 64151 {   DECL_MAYBE_SQ_GLOBAL_STRUCT
   64152    void (*iccFunc)();
   64153    StackPage *thePage;
   64154
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
  * frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
    frame #1: 0x00007fff6ab9af5a libsystem_platform.dylib`_sigtramp + 26
    frame #2: 0x0000000107c10699
    frame #3: 0x0000000107c9646f
    frame #4: 0x0000000107c9633e
    frame #5: 0x0000000107c962ac
    frame #6: 0x0000000107c961e9
    frame #7: 0x0000000107c8fcf8
    frame #8: 0x0000000107c98605
    frame #9: 0x0000000107c8bbfe
    frame #10: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #11: 0x0000000107c8c4ad
    frame #12: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #13: 0x0000000107c8c2a5
    frame #14: 0x0000000107c8bb4c
    frame #15: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #16: 0x0000000107c8ba05
    frame #17: 0x0000000107c8b85b
    frame #18: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #19: 0x0000000107c8b7e1
    frame #20: 0x0000000107c57018
    frame #21: 0x0000000107c018c8
(lldb) call printCallStack()

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910456
new value: 4435376368
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.
(lldb) call printCogMethodFor((void*)0x0000000107c10699)

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: 4435376368
new value: 0
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.

I don't know how to proceed, but maybe there's enough clue for you...

Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 à 01:28, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
Hi Nicolas,

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:32 AM Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
 
I noticed that many crash happen in testSendTimeout.
This test is organizing a race:
- Smalltalk fill the socket send buffer
- the OS tries to drain

The other thing I noticed is that [SocketTest suite run] takes 7 to 8s on macos while only 2 to 3s on ubuntu and windows
So it might be that some test times out on macos, while it doesn't on other OS.

This would explain that many crash also happen in JITted Timer loop, and that we cannot observe it in other OSes.

Yes, that is, I think, an important clue.  The other one is that, given that the crash always happens only early in a run, plus the address at which it crashes in machine code, suggests to me that the crash occurs when the interpreter invokes a block in the JITted startTimerLoop.

What worries me is that the JITted code for startTimerLoop looks completely corrupted, not merely moved or overwritten (the method header looks OK up to the selector field, which is the last field in the header).  So I'm wondering whether it could be a bug in support code overwriting machine code, and hence that not might be related to a 32-bit vs 64-bit code issue.  I was hoping your recent sqUnixSocket.c changes might work but I'm sure they have no bearing.

The access to OS ressources and the race may also explain some randomization of the crash...

So one idea would be to make the test timeout in linux too, see if we can make it crash then try using rr.
Maybe it's possible with a huge Socket buffer, a smaller image side buffer (we could reduce the size from 1000 to 1 so as to increase overhead).

Yes, that's a good idea.  But I do think we need to set up a reliable remote server, som thing that acts like an infinite sink for receiving a par4ticular large Monticello package, so that ev very time the example runs the same package is indeed copied to a remote server.  Would it be possible to construct such a fake Monticello server?  

What I'm wanting the server to do is
a) take a while to respond to the Monticello package contents request
b) to never include a particular package which the example would always try and upload

The test case would be to copy a particular version of VMMaker from package-cache to the remote "fake" server
 

It's just theories I tried to construct while biking, not in front of a keyboard, and I won't be able to verify until this evening...
But the watchpoint strategy is too much vain shooting in the dark, we need more ellaborated plans ;)

Does anyone see the crash on macOS in 32 bits?

Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:28, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :


Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:25, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Follow up: so we have a problem of repeatability...
I found nothing like rr for macos, and CPU watchpoint capability is too restricted to be usefull.

So what I did is save a crash.image attempting to crash at resumption time:
    Smalltalk saveAs: 'crash'.
    Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true.
    5 timesRepeat: [SocketTest suite run].

Then I launched the vm under lldb and gathered $pc stats to see if I could observe some reproducibility
(lldb) p/x $pc - methodZoneBase
0x00000000000a0e94
0x0000000000090f70
0x000000000009f824
0x000000000009bfc8
0x000000000009d030
0x000000000009c7c0
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000949c8 <- once
0x0000000000094418
0x00000000000949c8 <— twice
0x000000000009b848
0x00000000000a0e94 <- twice
0x000000000009a176
0x000000006dfff2e0 ???
0x00000000000996d1
0x00000000000949c8 <- thrice good candidate for watchpoint set
0x000000000009ae70
0x000000000009ae70
0x00000000000a18e7
0x0000000000095470
0x000000000009c458
0x00000000000a0a7c
0x0000000000093e89
0x000000000009beb0
0x0000000000095a37
0x0000000000095408
0x00000000000a06bc
0x000000000009cd48
0x0000000000095408 <- twice
0x000000000009ba41
0x0000000000095408 <- thrice new candidate for watchpoint set
0x0000000000045258   <— smallest ever
0x000000000009c7c0
0x0000000000095408 <- fourth ! the watch point was set here, why didn’t it stop??? argh methodZoneBase was incremented after I set the watchpoint!!!
0x00000000000a12dc
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000a0e24
0x000000000009ff8c
0x000000000009c7f6
0x000000000009a626

Then I have chosen to watch the most frequent crash address,
that is methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408,
Unfortunately, s commented above, I missed one (I set the watchpoint too early, before methodZoneBase took its definitive address).

And after a few (a bunch of)  trials, here is what I found:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 28175 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 28185 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/Squeak.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Squeak was compiled with optimization - stepping may behave oddly; variables may not be available.
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 6.1
    frame #0: 0x000000010007bc22 Squeak`-[sqSqueakOSXApplication doHeadlessSetup](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd="doHeadlessSetup") at sqSqueakOSXApplication.m:125 [opt]
   122 //No super call here as we've already set headless from command line or info.plist
   123 extern BOOL gSqueakHeadless;    
   124    // Notice that setActivationPolicy: is available in OSX 10.6 and later
-> 125    if ([NSApp respondsToSelector:@selector(setActivationPolicy:)]) {
   126        if (gSqueakHeadless) {
   127            [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited];
   128        } else {
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa s e -s 1 -- methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 33: addr = 0x107c58138 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) cont
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689348814741910836
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x00000001000731dc Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6320 [opt]
   6317    sqInt rawHeader;
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
-> 6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
   6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910836
new value: -3689571654825360894
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
   6336 (method->selector = selector);
   6337 (method->cmNumArgs = argumentCountOfMethodHeader(methodHeader));
   6338 (method->cmHasMovableLiteral = hasMovableLiteral);
-> 6339 if ((method->cmRefersToYoung = hasYoungReferent)) {
   6340 addToYoungReferrers(method);
   6341 }
   6342 (method->cmUsageCount = initialMethodUsageCount());
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
  * frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
    frame #1: 0x000000010004f90c Squeak`compileCogMethod [inlined] generateCogMethod(selector=<unavailable>) at cogitX64SysV.c:7098 [opt]
    frame #2: 0x000000010004f7a5 Squeak`compileCogMethod(selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:27780 [opt]
    frame #3: 0x000000010004bc54 Squeak`cogselector(aMethodObj=4468481712, aSelectorOop=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:4833 [opt]
    frame #4: 0x0000000100013d4d Squeak`primitiveClosureValue at gcc3x-cointerp.c:27237 [opt]
    frame #5: 0x0000000107bd1925
    frame #6: 0x000000010000236b Squeak`interpret at gcc3x-cointerp.c:2767 [opt]
    frame #7: 0x000000010008ed55 Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication runSqueak](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd=<unavailable>) at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:201 [opt]
    frame #8: 0x00007fff44b077b8 Foundation`__NSFirePerformWithOrder + 360
    frame #9: 0x00007fff4297cf57 CoreFoundation`__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
    frame #10: 0x00007fff4297ce7f CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoObservers + 527
    frame #11: 0x00007fff4295f3f8 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 1240
    frame #12: 0x00007fff4295ec93 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 483
    frame #13: 0x00007fff41c49d96 HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286
    frame #14: 0x00007fff41c49a0f HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon + 366
    frame #15: 0x00007fff41c49884 HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
    frame #16: 0x00007fff3fef9a73 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 2085
    frame #17: 0x00007fff4068fe34 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044
    frame #18: 0x00007fff3feee885 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 764
    frame #19: 0x00007fff3febda72 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 804
    frame #20: 0x00007fff6a88c015 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
(lldb)

Here I don't know how to proceed, because I have no knowledge of this part of the VM, it's also quite late now...
Eliot, does it ring some bell?


Ah, forget it, I thought it was overwriting, but it is the first write on yet virgin methodeZone...
(it's just that the scenario was different from all the previous run)

Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 11:21, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
On 2019-09-22 10:57, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> Thanks, a recording debugger would indeed be a tremendous help!
> Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the bug under linux, only
> macosx...
> Do you know something equivalent to rr for mac?

No, I don't. There might be something though, I never had a mac...

Jan

>
> Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 09:55, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>> - can anyone think of any other strategies I might take to try and
>>> reproduce this?
>>>
>> at the risk of stating the obvious, in cases similar to this rr (+
>> VDB)
>> helped
>> me many times. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu4ED8wPYE
>>
>> Never used with opensmalltalk VM, though.
>>
>> HTH, Jan


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On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:47 PM Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
If I comment /* signal(SIGIO,forceInterruptCheck) */ in platforms//unix/vm/aio.c
then I don't experiment crashes anymore

One solution if we want to manipulate the rsp safely is
- to define a specific stack for signal handling via sigaltstack()
- to use that specific stack via sigaction() with SA_ONSTACK flag

That's the right solution as far as I understand these issues.
 

That's too low level and I prefer some assistance here.
There are several calls to signal in the VM so they should all be reviewed.

Right, I will do so today.
 
Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 22:10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
I confirm that each crash follows a SIGIO -> forceInterruptCheck() with corrupted stack pointer pointing to methodZone (that is executable zone so program counter).
I did:
1) remove static declaration of methodZoneBase and limitAddress in cogitX64Sysv.c so as to make them exported globals
2) declared them as extern sqInt in gcc-cointerp.c
3) instrumented forceInterruptCheck() so as to emit a warning and/or set a breakpoint:

    if ( getsp() > methodZoneBase && getsp() <= limitAddress ) {
        printf("pb in forceInterruptCheck\n");
    }

Unlike what I said, forceInterruptCheck() does nothing special and certainly not invoke Smalltalk code nor JITTED code.
The interruptCheckChain function that it could invoke is generally null (except for debug/simulation purpose), and always null in the crash i observed.
The signal handler also generally operate on same stack (unless specifically asked via sigaction() - which is not the case).
My earler diagnostic was driven by the false assumption that handler would use the interrupt stack pointer (IST), and thus that only special stack pointer manipulation happening in trampoline could corrupt it, hmmm that was late night blurred minded ;)

What comes to my mind:
- the signal SIGIO might happen while we are manipulating the stack pointer, hence the heisenbug
- the stack pointer could be offseted by some incorrect code (but why no error would happen before SIGIO then?)

I don't have clear understanding of all spur machinery details that would help further diagnosis
Eliot, doesn't it sound interesting?

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 08:10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Maybe I draw conclusions too quickly.
But clearly, the signal handler has a stack pointer pointing in methodZone.

(lldb) p/x $rsp
(unsigned long) $211 = 0x0000000107c92da0
(lldb) p/x methodZoneBase
(sqInt) $212 = 0x0000000107c01d30
(lldb) p/x limitAddress
(usqInt) $213 = 0x0000000107d5e000

It remains to see how that happened.

Le jeu. 3 oct. 2019 à 05:49, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi all,
So I finally got it!
That's our specific handling of SIGIO with forceInterruptCheck.
Don't you JIT the signal handler!

The signal handler is using a different stack pointer so as to not interfere with the program.
Until Cog decide to jump into JITTED code from within the signal handler.
It now share a stack pointer pointing somewhere in cog methodZone, and anything it does with it's stack (call a function, save registers...) will destroy the JITTED code.
It even happened when I used the debugger which shares the interrupt handler stack pointer!

Why does it not happen in linux, and why only Mac OS 64, I have no clue...
But we can't decently live very long with such handling.

Le mer. 2 oct. 2019 à 23:29, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Hi Eliot,
so I have set watchpoint to 4 previous crash and got this:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 98150 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 98164 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/SqueakDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 1.1
    frame #0: 0x00000001001618ec Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication setupMenus](self=0x000000010076e1a0, _cmd="setupMenus") at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:123
   120
   121 - (void) setupMenus {
   122 //    nothing to do so far since the menu is setup in the MainMenu.nib file
-> 123 }
   124
   125 - (void) setupTimers {
   126 extern void SetUpTimers(void);
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c992b4
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 35: addr = 0x107c992b4 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x107c929e0
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 34: addr = 0x107c929e0 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c945df
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 36: addr = 0x107c945df size = 1 state = enabled type = w
(lldb) wa se e -s 1 -- 0x0000000107c92da3
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 37: addr = 0x107c92da3 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) c
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 34 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 34
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689912642157150198
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010012de84 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c92da0, size=1240, selector=4435376352) at cogitX64SysV.c:6321
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
   6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
-> 6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
   6324 /* If the method has already been cogged (e.g. Newspeak accessors) then
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 36 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910520
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 36
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="\b???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=8) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 35 hit:
new value: -3689348814741910456
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 35
    frame #0: 0x0000000100102067 Squeak`byteAtPointerput(ptr="H???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, val=72) at sqMemoryAccess.h:136
   133  /* Use static inline functions when the compiler produces efficient code for small accessors.
   134     These are preferred because static type checking will prevent inadvertent confusion of pointers and oops. */
   135  static inline sqInt byteAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)); }
-> 136  static inline sqInt byteAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((unsigned char *)ptr)= (unsigned char)val); }
   137  static inline sqInt shortAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)); }
   138  static inline sqInt shortAtPointerput(char *ptr, int val) { return (sqInt)(*((short *)ptr)= (short)val); }
   139  static inline sqInt intAtPointer(char *ptr) { return (sqInt)(*((int *)ptr)); }
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 98164 resuming

Watchpoint 37 hit:
old value: -3689912642157150198
new value: -5066732099722018553
Process 98164 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
    frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
   64148 /* StackInterpreter>>#forceInterruptCheck */
   64149 sqInt
   64150 forceInterruptCheck(void)
-> 64151 {   DECL_MAYBE_SQ_GLOBAL_STRUCT
   64152    void (*iccFunc)();
   64153    StackPage *thePage;
   64154
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 37
  * frame #0: 0x000000010002e801 Squeak`forceInterruptCheck at gcc3x-cointerp.c:64151
    frame #1: 0x00007fff6ab9af5a libsystem_platform.dylib`_sigtramp + 26
    frame #2: 0x0000000107c10699
    frame #3: 0x0000000107c9646f
    frame #4: 0x0000000107c9633e
    frame #5: 0x0000000107c962ac
    frame #6: 0x0000000107c961e9
    frame #7: 0x0000000107c8fcf8
    frame #8: 0x0000000107c98605
    frame #9: 0x0000000107c8bbfe
    frame #10: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #11: 0x0000000107c8c4ad
    frame #12: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #13: 0x0000000107c8c2a5
    frame #14: 0x0000000107c8bb4c
    frame #15: 0x0000000107c0cef6
    frame #16: 0x0000000107c8ba05
    frame #17: 0x0000000107c8b85b
    frame #18: 0x0000000107c1100e
    frame #19: 0x0000000107c8b7e1
    frame #20: 0x0000000107c57018
    frame #21: 0x0000000107c018c8
(lldb) call printCallStack()

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910456
new value: 4435376368
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.
(lldb) call printCogMethodFor((void*)0x0000000107c10699)

Watchpoint 34 hit:
old value: 4435376368
new value: 0
error: Execution was interrupted, reason: watchpoint 34.
The process has been returned to the state before expression evaluation.

I don't know how to proceed, but maybe there's enough clue for you...

Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 à 01:28, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
Hi Nicolas,

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:32 AM Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
 
I noticed that many crash happen in testSendTimeout.
This test is organizing a race:
- Smalltalk fill the socket send buffer
- the OS tries to drain

The other thing I noticed is that [SocketTest suite run] takes 7 to 8s on macos while only 2 to 3s on ubuntu and windows
So it might be that some test times out on macos, while it doesn't on other OS.

This would explain that many crash also happen in JITted Timer loop, and that we cannot observe it in other OSes.

Yes, that is, I think, an important clue.  The other one is that, given that the crash always happens only early in a run, plus the address at which it crashes in machine code, suggests to me that the crash occurs when the interpreter invokes a block in the JITted startTimerLoop.

What worries me is that the JITted code for startTimerLoop looks completely corrupted, not merely moved or overwritten (the method header looks OK up to the selector field, which is the last field in the header).  So I'm wondering whether it could be a bug in support code overwriting machine code, and hence that not might be related to a 32-bit vs 64-bit code issue.  I was hoping your recent sqUnixSocket.c changes might work but I'm sure they have no bearing.

The access to OS ressources and the race may also explain some randomization of the crash...

So one idea would be to make the test timeout in linux too, see if we can make it crash then try using rr.
Maybe it's possible with a huge Socket buffer, a smaller image side buffer (we could reduce the size from 1000 to 1 so as to increase overhead).

Yes, that's a good idea.  But I do think we need to set up a reliable remote server, som thing that acts like an infinite sink for receiving a par4ticular large Monticello package, so that ev very time the example runs the same package is indeed copied to a remote server.  Would it be possible to construct such a fake Monticello server?  

What I'm wanting the server to do is
a) take a while to respond to the Monticello package contents request
b) to never include a particular package which the example would always try and upload

The test case would be to copy a particular version of VMMaker from package-cache to the remote "fake" server
 

It's just theories I tried to construct while biking, not in front of a keyboard, and I won't be able to verify until this evening...
But the watchpoint strategy is too much vain shooting in the dark, we need more ellaborated plans ;)

Does anyone see the crash on macOS in 32 bits?

Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:28, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :


Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 00:25, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> a écrit :
Follow up: so we have a problem of repeatability...
I found nothing like rr for macos, and CPU watchpoint capability is too restricted to be usefull.

So what I did is save a crash.image attempting to crash at resumption time:
    Smalltalk saveAs: 'crash'.
    Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuit: true.
    5 timesRepeat: [SocketTest suite run].

Then I launched the vm under lldb and gathered $pc stats to see if I could observe some reproducibility
(lldb) p/x $pc - methodZoneBase
0x00000000000a0e94
0x0000000000090f70
0x000000000009f824
0x000000000009bfc8
0x000000000009d030
0x000000000009c7c0
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000949c8 <- once
0x0000000000094418
0x00000000000949c8 <— twice
0x000000000009b848
0x00000000000a0e94 <- twice
0x000000000009a176
0x000000006dfff2e0 ???
0x00000000000996d1
0x00000000000949c8 <- thrice good candidate for watchpoint set
0x000000000009ae70
0x000000000009ae70
0x00000000000a18e7
0x0000000000095470
0x000000000009c458
0x00000000000a0a7c
0x0000000000093e89
0x000000000009beb0
0x0000000000095a37
0x0000000000095408
0x00000000000a06bc
0x000000000009cd48
0x0000000000095408 <- twice
0x000000000009ba41
0x0000000000095408 <- thrice new candidate for watchpoint set
0x0000000000045258   <— smallest ever
0x000000000009c7c0
0x0000000000095408 <- fourth ! the watch point was set here, why didn’t it stop??? argh methodZoneBase was incremented after I set the watchpoint!!!
0x00000000000a12dc
0x00000000000951e0
0x00000000000a0e24
0x000000000009ff8c
0x000000000009c7f6
0x000000000009a626

Then I have chosen to watch the most frequent crash address,
that is methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408,
Unfortunately, s commented above, I missed one (I set the watchpoint too early, before methodZoneBase took its definitive address).

And after a few (a bunch of)  trials, here is what I found:

(lldb) run ../../image/crash.image
There is a running process, kill it and restart?: [Y/n]
Process 28175 exited with status = 9 (0x00000009)
Process 28185 launched: '/Users/nicolas/Smalltalk/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/build.macos64x64/squeak.cog.spur/Squeak.app/Contents/MacOS/Squeak' (x86_64)
Squeak was compiled with optimization - stepping may behave oddly; variables may not be available.
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = breakpoint 6.1
    frame #0: 0x000000010007bc22 Squeak`-[sqSqueakOSXApplication doHeadlessSetup](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd="doHeadlessSetup") at sqSqueakOSXApplication.m:125 [opt]
   122 //No super call here as we've already set headless from command line or info.plist
   123 extern BOOL gSqueakHeadless;    
   124    // Notice that setActivationPolicy: is available in OSX 10.6 and later
-> 125    if ([NSApp respondsToSelector:@selector(setActivationPolicy:)]) {
   126        if (gSqueakHeadless) {
   127            [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited];
   128        } else {
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) wa s e -s 1 -- methodZoneBase+0x0000000000095408
Watchpoint created: Watchpoint 33: addr = 0x107c58138 size = 1 state = enabled type = w
    new value: -3689348814741910324
(lldb) cont
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910324
new value: -3689348814741910836
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x00000001000731dc Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6320 [opt]
   6317    sqInt rawHeader;
   6318
   6319 (method->cmType = CMMethod);
-> 6320 (method->objectHeader = nullHeaderForMachineCodeMethod());
   6321 (method->blockSize = size);
   6322 (method->methodObject = methodObj);
   6323
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb)
Process 28185 resuming

Watchpoint 33 hit:
old value: -3689348814741910836
new value: -3689571654825360894
Process 28185 stopped
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
    frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
   6336 (method->selector = selector);
   6337 (method->cmNumArgs = argumentCountOfMethodHeader(methodHeader));
   6338 (method->cmHasMovableLiteral = hasMovableLiteral);
-> 6339 if ((method->cmRefersToYoung = hasYoungReferent)) {
   6340 addToYoungReferrers(method);
   6341 }
   6342 (method->cmUsageCount = initialMethodUsageCount());
Target 0: (Squeak) stopped.
(lldb) bt
* thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = watchpoint 33
  * frame #0: 0x0000000100073255 Squeak`fillInMethodHeadersizeselector(method=0x0000000107c58130, size=544, selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:6339 [opt]
    frame #1: 0x000000010004f90c Squeak`compileCogMethod [inlined] generateCogMethod(selector=<unavailable>) at cogitX64SysV.c:7098 [opt]
    frame #2: 0x000000010004f7a5 Squeak`compileCogMethod(selector=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:27780 [opt]
    frame #3: 0x000000010004bc54 Squeak`cogselector(aMethodObj=4468481712, aSelectorOop=4435118304) at cogitX64SysV.c:4833 [opt]
    frame #4: 0x0000000100013d4d Squeak`primitiveClosureValue at gcc3x-cointerp.c:27237 [opt]
    frame #5: 0x0000000107bd1925
    frame #6: 0x000000010000236b Squeak`interpret at gcc3x-cointerp.c:2767 [opt]
    frame #7: 0x000000010008ed55 Squeak`-[sqSqueakMainApplication runSqueak](self=0x000000010066fc00, _cmd=<unavailable>) at sqSqueakMainApplication.m:201 [opt]
    frame #8: 0x00007fff44b077b8 Foundation`__NSFirePerformWithOrder + 360
    frame #9: 0x00007fff4297cf57 CoreFoundation`__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
    frame #10: 0x00007fff4297ce7f CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoObservers + 527
    frame #11: 0x00007fff4295f3f8 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 1240
    frame #12: 0x00007fff4295ec93 CoreFoundation`CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 483
    frame #13: 0x00007fff41c49d96 HIToolbox`RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286
    frame #14: 0x00007fff41c49a0f HIToolbox`ReceiveNextEventCommon + 366
    frame #15: 0x00007fff41c49884 HIToolbox`_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
    frame #16: 0x00007fff3fef9a73 AppKit`_DPSNextEvent + 2085
    frame #17: 0x00007fff4068fe34 AppKit`-[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044
    frame #18: 0x00007fff3feee885 AppKit`-[NSApplication run] + 764
    frame #19: 0x00007fff3febda72 AppKit`NSApplicationMain + 804
    frame #20: 0x00007fff6a88c015 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
(lldb)

Here I don't know how to proceed, because I have no knowledge of this part of the VM, it's also quite late now...
Eliot, does it ring some bell?


Ah, forget it, I thought it was overwriting, but it is the first write on yet virgin methodeZone...
(it's just that the scenario was different from all the previous run)

Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 11:21, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a écrit :
 
On 2019-09-22 10:57, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> Thanks, a recording debugger would indeed be a tremendous help!
> Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the bug under linux, only
> macosx...
> Do you know something equivalent to rr for mac?

No, I don't. There might be something though, I never had a mac...

Jan

>
> Le dim. 22 sept. 2019 à 09:55, Jan Vrany <[hidden email]> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>>
>>> - can anyone think of any other strategies I might take to try and
>>> reproduce this?
>>>
>> at the risk of stating the obvious, in cases similar to this rr (+
>> VDB)
>> helped
>> me many times. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu4ED8wPYE
>>
>> Never used with opensmalltalk VM, though.
>>
>> HTH, Jan


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