Non-deterministic Gash error in ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4’

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 18 Jan 14:08 -0800

Non-deterministic Gash error in ‘gcc-mesboot-4 .9.4’

Recipients:(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)

Message-ID:87msfnsrli.fsf@inria.fr

Hello,

I stumbled upon this interesting non-deterministic failure while

building ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv’ on current ‘core-packages-team’ (which

is unchanged compared to ‘master’):

Toggle snippet (88 lines)source directory: "/tmp/guix-build-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv-0/gcc-4.9.4" (relative from build: ".")
build directory: "/tmp/guix-build-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv-0/gcc-4.9.4"
configure flags: ("CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/bhmkf29xki04mmydpm0axpbh35md4vfb-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash" "SHELL=/gnu/store/bhmkf29xki04mmydpm0axpbh35md4vfb-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash" "--prefix=/gnu/store/mgbd56zvid129vkk8l9zir7pf46r5038-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4" "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "--prefix=/gnu/store/mgbd56zvid129vkk8l9zir7pf46r5038-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4" "--build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu" "--host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu" "--with-host-libstdcxx=-lsupc++" "--with-native-system-header-dir=/gnu/store/qxp7icgwbn1hqqwvkan7aljgzfn439zh-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include" "--with-build-sysroot=/gnu/store/qxp7icgwbn1hqqwvkan7aljgzfn439zh-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include" "--disable-bootstrap" "--disable-decimal-float" "--disable-libatomic" "--disable-libcilkrts" "--disable-libgomp" "--disable-libitm" "--disable-libmudflap" "--disable-libquadmath" "--disable-libsanitizer" "--disable-libssp" "--disable-libvtv" "--disable-lto" "--disable-lto-plugin" "--disable-multilib" "--disable-plugin" "--disable-threads" "--enable-languages=c,c++" "--enable-static" "--enable-shared" "--enable-threads=single" "--disable-libstdcxx-pch" "--disable-build-with-cxx")
Backtrace:
In gash/eval.scm:
 221: 19 [eval-sh (<sh-set!> ("ac_useropt" (<sh-cmd-sub> #)))]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 642: 18 [for-each #<procedure 1502320 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> # #]
In gash/eval.scm:
 222: 17 [#<procedure 1502320 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> "ac_useropt" #]
 131: 16 [eval-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string ...]
 121: 15 [expand-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string ...]
In gash/shell.scm:
 289: 14 [sh:substitute-command #<procedure 15022a0 at gash/eval.scm:129:35 ()>]
 270: 13 [%subshell #<procedure v ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 12 [catch quit #<procedure v ()> ...]
In ice-9/r4rs.scm:
 176: 11 [with-output-to-port #<variable 13a02e0 value: #<output: file 39>> ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 10 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-pipeline> # #))]
In gash/shell.scm:
 344: 9 [sh:pipeline #<procedure 1506f40 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
 310: 8 [plumb #<input: #{read pipe}# 36> #f ...]
 270: 7 [%subshell #<procedure thunk* ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 6 [catch quit #<procedure thunk* ()> ...]
In gash/shell.scm:
 316: 5 [thunk*]
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "sed" "s/[-+.]/_/g"]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 2 [for-each #<procedure ec3b20 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 38> "r" 7]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
Backtrace:
In gash/eval.scm:
 221: 19 [eval-sh (<sh-set!> ("ac_useropt" (<sh-cmd-sub> #)))]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 642: 18 [for-each #<procedure 1502320 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> # #]
In gash/eval.scm:
 222: 17 [#<procedure 1502320 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> "ac_useropt" #]
 131: 16 [eval-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string ...]
 121: 15 [expand-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string ...]
In gash/shell.scm:
 289: 14 [sh:substitute-command #<procedure 15022a0 at gash/eval.scm:129:35 ()>]
 270: 13 [%subshell #<procedure v ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 12 [catch quit #<procedure v ()> ...]
In ice-9/r4rs.scm:
 176: 11 [with-output-to-port #<variable 13a02e0 value: #<output: file 39>> ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 10 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-pipeline> # #))]
In gash/shell.scm:
 347: 9 [sh:pipeline #<procedure 1506f40 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
 310: 8 [plumb #f #<output: #{write pipe}# 38> ...]
 270: 7 [%subshell #<procedure thunk* ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 6 [catch quit #<procedure thunk* ()> ...]
In gash/shell.scm:
 316: 5 [thunk*]
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "printf" "%s\\n" "libsanitizer"]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 2 [for-each #<procedure ec3b20 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 36> "r" 7]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
checking build system type... i686-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /gnu/store/i61mvrw30k8ng8hxym8s180nydnsbji6-gash-utils-boot-0.2.0/bin/sed
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for libsanitizer support... yes

What happens is that Gash crashes in the middle of a substitution on

$ac_useropt. As a result, ‘--disable-libsanitizer’ (and other options,

it seems) are discarded, hence the “libsanitizer support... yes” line.

Hours later, build fails while trying to build libsanitizer.

Any idea what could cause EBADF?

Thanks,

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 19 Jan 10:24 -0800

Re: bug#75658: Non-deterministic Gash error in ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4’

Recipients:(address . 75658@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87wmeqpspy.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> skribis:

Toggle quote (4 lines)

> I stumbled upon this interesting non-deterministic failure while

> building ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv’ on current ‘core-packages-team’ (which

> is unchanged compared to ‘master’):

Just got another one:

Toggle snippet (46 lines)checking for struct sigaction.sa_sigaction... yes
checking for volatile sig_atomic_t... yes
checking for sighandler_t... yes
checking for sigprocmask... (cached) yes
checking whether sleep is declared... yes
checking for working sleep... yes
checking for socklen_t... Backtrace:
In gash/shell.scm:
 129: 19 [sh:exec-let () "ac_fn_c_try_compile" "2817"]
In gash/environment.scm:
 215: 18 [save-variables-excursion () ...]
 292: 17 [with-arguments # #<procedure 2210f00 at gash/shell.scm:145:25 ()>]
 389: 16 [call-with-return #<procedure 2210e40 at gash/shell.scm:147:28 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 15 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-begin> # # # ...))]
 619: 14 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # # # ...)]
In gash/shell.scm:
 441: 13 [sh:cond # #]
  55: 12 [without-errexit #<procedure 13185e0 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
 372: 11 [sh:and #<procedure 1318560 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
  55: 10 [without-errexit #<procedure 1318560 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
 372: 9 [sh:and #<procedure 1318500 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
  55: 8 [without-errexit #<procedure 1318500 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 7 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # # # ...)]
 619: 6 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # #)]
In gash/shell.scm:
 245: 5 [#<procedure 1f63030 at gash/shell.scm:239:17 ()>]
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "grep" "-v" "^ *+" "conftest.err"]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 2 [for-each #<procedure ea9a60 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 20> "r" 7]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
yes
checking whether symlink handles trailing slash correctly... yes
checking whether <sys/ioctl.h> declares ioctl... yes
checking for unsetenv... yes
checking for unsetenv() return type... int

That one likely doesn’t change the build outcome since it still

determines that ‘socklen_t’ is defined, but it sounds a bit like a dice

roll.

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 6 Feb 07:17 -0800

control message for bug #75518

Recipients:(address . control@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:877c636r2f.fsf@gnu.org

block 75518 by 75658

quit

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 17 Feb 13:17 -0800

control message for bug #75658

Recipients:(address . control@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87frkcl18h.fsf@gnu.org

severity 75658 important

quit

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Mar 14:42 -0700

Re: bug#75658: Non-deterministic Gash error in ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4’

Recipients:(address . 75658@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:87bju7i6rr.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

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> Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@inria.fr> skribis:

>> I stumbled upon this interesting non-deterministic failure while

>> building ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv’ on current ‘core-packages-team’ (which

>> is unchanged compared to ‘master’):

> Just got another one:

A few more, obtained by running the start of the ‘configure’ script in a

loop (added an ‘exit’ on line 2562, which is after the first 4 lines of

output).

while ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/98bd49rhyia49y0b9d7sk8phsq14g3nk-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash SHELL=/gnu/store/98bd49rhyia49y0b9d7sk8phsq14g3nk-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash --prefix=/gnu/store/awkbdj5j41pv5kiy9ifs0zl40jamwfw4-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4 --enable-fast-install --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --prefix=/gnu/store/awkbdj5j41pv5kiy9ifs0zl40jamwfw4-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4 --build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --with-host-libstdcxx=-lsupc++ --with-native-system-header-dir=/gnu/store/gc91zbacrk6prhvm91cj3x9rr3v2k17q-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include --with-build-sysroot=/gnu/store/gc91zbacrk6prhvm91cj3x9rr3v2k17q-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include --disable-bootstrap --disable-decimal-float --disable-libatomic --disable-libcilkrts --disable-libgomp --disable-libitm --disable-libmudflap --disable-libquadmath --disable-libsanitizer --disable-libssp --disable-libvtv --disable-lto --disable-lto-plugin --disable-multilib --disable-plugin --disable-threads --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-threads=single --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-build-with-cxx ; do : ;done

Toggle snippet (42 lines)warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
Backtrace:
In gash/environment.scm:
 371: 19 [call-with-break #<procedure 2dda9450 at gash/shell.scm:400:6 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 18 [for-each #<procedure 2dda9420 at gash/shell.scm:401:18 (value)> #]
In gash/environment.scm:
 353: 17 [call-with-continue #<procedure 2de13460 at gash/eval.scm:158:14 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 16 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # #)]
 619: 15 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-set!> ("ac_optarg" #)))]
In gash/eval.scm:
 221: 14 [eval-sh (<sh-set!> ("ac_optarg" (<sh-cmd-sub> #)))]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 642: 13 [for-each #<procedure 2da0f5e0 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> # #]
In gash/eval.scm:
 222: 12 [#<procedure 2da0f5e0 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)> "ac_optarg" #]
 131: 11 [eval-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-exec> "expr" # ":" ...)) #:output string ...]
 121: 10 [expand-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-exec> "expr" # ...)) #:output ...]
In gash/shell.scm:
 289: 9 [sh:substitute-command #<procedure 2da0f560 at gash/eval.scm:129:35 ()>]
 270: 8 [%subshell #<procedure v ()>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 7 [catch quit #<procedure v ()> ...]
In ice-9/r4rs.scm:
 176: 6 [with-output-to-port #<variable 2de5dc00 value: #<output: file /dev/pts/19>> ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 5 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-exec> "expr" # ":" ...))]
In gash/shell.scm:
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "expr" ...]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 2 [for-each #<procedure 2d60f0a0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file /dev/pts/19> "r0" 7]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r0"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor

And:

Toggle snippet (39 lines)Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 17 [catch #t #<catch-closure 25cdf0a0> ...]
In unknown file:
   ?: 16 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 25cdf0a0>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  63: 15 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 14 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 793: 13 [call-with-input-file "./configure" ...]
In gash/gash.scm:
 121: 12 [#<procedure 262f7700 at gash/gash.scm:120:19 (port)> #<input: ./configure 5>]
In gash/repl.scm:
  38: 11 [run-repl #<input: ./configure 5> #f]
In gash/environment.scm:
 371: 10 [call-with-break #<procedure 26335c00 at gash/shell.scm:400:6 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 9 [for-each #<procedure 26335bd0 at gash/shell.scm:401:18 (value)> #]
In gash/environment.scm:
 353: 8 [call-with-continue #<procedure 26315260 at gash/eval.scm:158:14 ()>]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 7 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # #)]
In gash/shell.scm:
 441: 6 [sh:cond #]
  55: 5 [without-errexit #<procedure 26861c80 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "test" "-n" ""]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 2 [for-each #<procedure 26272b60 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<output: file /dev/pts/19> "w0" 6]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 6 "w0"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor

And:

Toggle snippet (31 lines)Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 13 [catch #t #<catch-closure 1879d00> ...]
In unknown file:
   ?: 12 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 1879d00>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  63: 11 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 10 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 793: 9 [call-with-input-file "./configure" ...]
In gash/gash.scm:
 121: 8 [#<procedure 1e905e0 at gash/gash.scm:120:19 (port)> #<input: ./configure 5>]
In gash/repl.scm:
  38: 7 [run-repl #<input: ./configure 5> #f]
In gash/shell.scm:
 441: 6 [sh:cond #]
  55: 5 [without-errexit #<procedure 2192680 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
 129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "test" "xi686-unknown-linux-gnu" "!=" "x"]
  92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 619: 2 [for-each #<procedure 1e06920 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1473: 1 [dup->port #<output: file /dev/pts/19> "w0" 6]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [fdopen 6 "w0"]

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor

All these happen before the line:

Toggle snippet (3 lines)

checking build system type... i686-unknown-linux-gnu

Good news: I was able to reproduce with Gash over Guile 3.0.9:

Toggle snippet (44 lines)ludo@ribbon /tmp/guix-build-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv-0/gcc-4.9.4$ guix build gash
/gnu/store/mz5swdf35iwplrgdvm4z256py585nxi6-gash-0.3.0
ludo@ribbon /tmp/guix-build-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4.drv-0/gcc-4.9.4$ while /gnu/store/mz5swdf35iwplrgdvm4z256py585nxi6-gash-0.3.0/bin/gash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/98bd49rhyia49y0b9d7sk8phsq14g3nk-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash SHELL=/gnu/store/98bd49rhyia49y0b9d7sk8phsq14g3nk-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash --prefix=/gnu/store/awkbdj5j41pv5kiy9ifs0zl40jamwfw4-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4 --enable-fast-install --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --prefix=/gnu/store/awkbdj5j41pv5kiy9ifs0zl40jamwfw4-gcc-mesboot-4.9.4 --build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --with-host-libstdcxx=-lsupc++ --with-native-system-header-dir=/gnu/store/gc91zbacrk6prhvm91cj3x9rr3v2k17q-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include --with-build-sysroot=/gnu/store/gc91zbacrk6prhvm91cj3x9rr3v2k17q-glibc-mesboot-2.16.0/include --disable-bootstrap --disable-decimal-float --disable-libatomic --disable-libcilkrts --disable-libgomp --disable-libitm --disable-libmudflap --disable-libquadmath --disable-libsanitizer --disable-libssp --disable-libvtv --disable-lto --disable-lto-plugin --disable-multilib --disable-plugin --disable-threads --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-threads=single --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-build-with-cxx ; do : ;done
[…]
Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1752:10 18 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ #:unwind-for-type _)
In unknown file:
          17 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7f8e78d15300>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    724:2 16 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handler (k proc)>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8 15 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f8e78d18c80>)))
In ice-9/ports.scm:
   433:17 14 (call-with-input-file _ _ #:binary _ #:encoding _ #:guess-encoding _)
In gash/gash.scm:
   121:27 13 (_ _)
In gash/repl.scm:
    38:14 12 (run-repl _ _)
In gash/environment.scm:
    375:8 11 (call-with-break _)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
    634:9 10 (for-each #<procedure 7f8e75612420 at gash/shell.scm:401:18 (value)> _)
In gash/environment.scm:
    357:8  9 (call-with-continue _)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
    634:9  8 (for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> _)
    634:9  7 (for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> _)
In gash/shell.scm:
    55:39  6 (sh:and _ #<procedure 7f8e75656da0 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>)
   245:24  5 (_)
   159:10  4 (sh:exec-let _ "expr" . _)
     92:9  3 (exec-utility _ "/run/current-system/profile/bin/expr" "expr" ("xliba…" …))
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
    634:9  2 (for-each #<procedure 7f8e760654c0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> _)
In ice-9/ports.scm:
   317:17  1 (dup->port _ _ _)
In unknown file:
           0 (fdopen 6 "w0")

ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor

Enough backtraces for now. To be continued…

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 13 Mar 17:00 -0700

Recipients:(address . 75658@debbugs.gnu.org)

Message-ID:871pv0wkfu.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

Toggle quote (22 lines)> In gash/shell.scm:
>  289: 9 [sh:substitute-command #<procedure 2da0f560 at gash/eval.scm:129:35 ()>]
>  270: 8 [%subshell #<procedure v ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  157: 7 [catch quit #<procedure v ()> ...]
> In ice-9/r4rs.scm:
>  176: 6 [with-output-to-port #<variable 2de5dc00 value: #<output: file /dev/pts/19>> ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>  619: 5 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-exec> "expr" # ":" ...))]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>  129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "expr" ...]
>   92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>  616: 2 [for-each #<procedure 2d60f0a0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1 2 ...)]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file /dev/pts/19> "r0" 7]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r0"]
>
> ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
> ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor

I was able to capture an strace log of this:

Toggle snippet (30 lines)15837 clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7fb10dad7850) = 15838
set_robust_list(0x7fb10dad7860, 24) = 0
wait4(15838,  <unfinished ...>
close(3)                          = 0
close(4)                          = 0
pipe2([3, 4], O_CLOEXEC)          = 0
[...]
clone3({flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, child_tid=0x7fb10beaa990, parent_tid=0x7fb10beaa990, exit_signal=0, stack=0x7fb10b51b000, stack_size=0x98ef80, tls=0x7fb10beaa6c0} => {parent_tid=[15839]}, 88) = 15839
rseq(0x7fb10beaafe0, 0x20, 0, 0x53053053 <unfinished ...>
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [],  <unfinished ...>
[...]
lseek(2, 0, SEEK_CUR)             = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
close(10)                         = 0
close(17 <unfinished ...>
dup2(22, 6 <unfinished ...>
<... close resumed>)              = 0
<... dup2 resumed>)               = 6
close(6 <unfinished ...>
fcntl(6, F_GETFL <unfinished ...>
<... close resumed>)              = 0
<... fcntl resumed>)              = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
close(7)                          = 0
close(18)                         = 0
close(15)                         = 0
close(12)                         = 0
close(9)                          = 0
close(16)                         = 0
write(2, "Backtrace:\n", 11)      = 11

The sequence goes like this:

1. A child process (15837) corresponding to the subshell is created;

2. That process creates a finalization thread (15839);

3. Main thread does dup2(22, 6); finalization does close(6); main

thread does fcntl(6, F_GETFL), which fails with EBADF.

I suspect something like a wrong revealed count on the relevant ports,

possibly those created in ‘install-current-ports!’.

Ludo’.

Timothy Sample wrote on 14 Mar 22:08 -0700

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:87senex4m0.fsf@ngyro.com

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

Toggle quote (43 lines)> I was able to capture an strace log of this:
>
> 15837 clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7fb10dad7850) = 15838
> 15838 set_robust_list(0x7fb10dad7860, 24) = 0
> 15837 wait4(15838,  <unfinished ...>
> 15838 close(3)                          = 0
> 15838 close(4)                          = 0
> 15838 pipe2([3, 4], O_CLOEXEC)          = 0
> [...]
> 15838 clone3({flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, child_tid=0x7fb10beaa990, parent_tid=0x7fb10beaa990, exit_signal=0, stack=0x7fb10b51b000, stack_size=0x98ef80, tls=0x7fb10beaa6c0} => {parent_tid=[15839]}, 88) = 15839
> 15839 rseq(0x7fb10beaafe0, 0x20, 0, 0x53053053 <unfinished ...>
> 15838 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [],  <unfinished ...>
> [...]
> 15838 lseek(2, 0, SEEK_CUR)             = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
> 15839 close(10)                         = 0
> 15839 close(17 <unfinished ...>
> 15838 dup2(22, 6 <unfinished ...>
> 15839 <... close resumed>)              = 0
> 15838 <... dup2 resumed>)               = 6
> 15839 close(6 <unfinished ...>
> 15838 fcntl(6, F_GETFL <unfinished ...>
> 15839 <... close resumed>)              = 0
> 15838 <... fcntl resumed>)              = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
> 15839 close(7)                          = 0
> 15839 close(18)                         = 0
> 15839 close(15)                         = 0
> 15839 close(12)                         = 0
> 15839 close(9)                          = 0
> 15839 close(16)                         = 0
> 15838 write(2, "Backtrace:\n", 11)      = 11
>
> The sequence goes like this:
>
>   1. A child process (15837) corresponding to the subshell is created;
>
>   2. That process creates a finalization thread (15839);
>
>   3. Main thread does dup2(22, 6); finalization does close(6); main
>      thread does fcntl(6, F_GETFL), which fails with EBADF.
>
> I suspect something like a wrong revealed count on the relevant ports,
> possibly those created in ‘install-current-ports!’.

In “boot-9.scm”, we have

(define dup->port

(case-lambda

((port/fd mode)

(fdopen (dup->fdes port/fd) mode))

((port/fd mode new-fd)

(let ((port (fdopen (dup->fdes port/fd new-fd) mode)))

(set-port-revealed! port 1)

port))))

It looks like the system calls on the main thread correspond to this

code (which is called from ‘install-current-ports!’ via ‘dup’).

Specifically, ‘dup2’ is called from ‘dup->fdes’ and ‘fcntl’ is called

from ‘fdopen’.

The way that ‘dup->fdes’ works is that it first makes sure that no

existing port has the desired file descriptor (‘scm_evict_ports’), and

then calls ‘dup2‘. This should mean that the requested file descriptor

is up for grabs.

Here’s my guess as to what‘s happening. For brevity let’s call the port

with file descriptor 6 “P”.

1. The GC runs, nullifying the entry for P in the port table (weak key

hash table), and queuing its finalizer.

2. The evict ports loop runs, missing P because it was nullified (see

‘scm_internal_hash_fold’).

3. ‘dup2’ turns 22 to 6.

4. The finalizer for P runs, closing 6.

5. ‘fdopen’ calls ‘fcntl’ on 6, which results in EBADF.

And here’s a reproducer:

(let loop ()

(define fd #f)

(let ((P (open-input-file "/dev/null")))

;; Does not change the revealed count of P.

(set! fd (fileno P)))

(let ((port (open-input-file "/dev/null")))

(dup->port port "r" fd)

(close-port port)

(loop)))

This results in EBADF in seemingly exactly the same way. (I had to run

it a few times: sometimes it runs out of file descriptors first.) This

happens on bootstrap Guile (2.0.9) and modern Guile.

That’s all I have for now. I’m not sure how to avoid this without

resorting to calling “(gc)” to synchronously run the finalizers before

trying to mess with the file descriptors.

-- Tim

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 16 Mar 08:01 -0700

Recipients:(name . Timothy Sample)(address . samplet@ngyro.com)

Message-ID:87wmcpnhol.fsf@gnu.org

Hello Timothy,

Thanks for chiming in.

Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> skribis:

Toggle quote (16 lines)> And here’s a reproducer:
>
>   (let loop ()
>     (define fd #f)
>     (let ((P (open-input-file "/dev/null")))
>       ;; Does not change the revealed count of P.
>       (set! fd (fileno P)))
>     (let ((port (open-input-file "/dev/null")))
>       (dup->port port "r" fd)
>       (close-port port)
>       (loop)))
>
> This results in EBADF in seemingly exactly the same way.  (I had to run
> it a few times: sometimes it runs out of file descriptors first.)  This
> happens on bootstrap Guile (2.0.9) and modern Guile.

Nice reproducer; I fully agree with your analysis.

See3in that ‘install-current-ports!’ creates temporary ports (via ‘dup’)

for no reason since nobody captures their reference and they get GC’d

soon after, I rewrote it like this:

Toggle snippet (18 lines)(define (install-current-ports!)
  "Install all current ports into their usual file descriptors.  For
example, if @code{current-input-port} is a @code{file-port?}, make the
process file descriptor 0 refer to the file open for
@code{current-input-port}.  If any current port is a @code{port?} but
not a @code{file-port?}, its corresponding file descriptor will refer
to @file{/dev/null}."
  ;; XXX: Input/output ports?  Closing other FDs?
  (for-each (lambda (i)
              (gc)  ;to trigger bugs
              (let ((current-port (fd->current-port i)))
                (match (current-port)
                  ((? file-port? port)
                   (dup->fdes port i))
                  (#f #t))))
            (iota *fd-count*)))

But this illustrates another problem: in the child process, right before

‘execve’, the finalization thread may be restarted, in which case it

creates a new pipe.

In the example below, the finalization pipe is on FDs 9 and 7, but

‘install-current-ports!’ blindly dups to FD 7, thereby closing one end

of the finalization pipe that was just created:

Toggle snippet (29 lines)23647 pipe2([7, 9], O_CLOEXEC)          = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[], [], 8) = 0
clone3({flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, child_tid=0x7f84204b3990, parent_tid=0x7f84204b3990, exit_signal=0, stack=0x7f841fb24000, stack_size=0x98ef80, tls=0x7f84204b36c0} => {parent_tid=[23648]}, 88) = 23648
[…]
write(9, "\0", 1)                 = 1
<... read resumed>"\0", 1)        = 1
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
read(7,  <unfinished ...>
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, {tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=35845839}) = 0
dup2(12, 7)                       = 7
fcntl(7, F_GETFL)                 = 0x8002 (flags O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE)
lseek(7, 0, SEEK_CUR)             = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
dup2(12, 7)                       = 7
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, {tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=35899320}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
madvise(0x7f842207c000, 12288, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0
write(9, "\0", 1)                 = 1
<... read resumed>"\0", 1)        = 1
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
read(7,  <unfinished ...>
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, {tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=39539830}) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, {tv_sec=0, tv_nsec=39555997}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0
madvise(0x7f842207c000, 12288, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0
madvise(0x7f8421d74000, 8192, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0
write(9, "\0", 1)                 = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
--- SIGPIPE {si_signo=SIGPIPE, si_code=SI_USER, si_pid=23647, si_uid=1000} ---

After that dup2(12, 7) call, writing to the finalization pipe yields

SIGPIPE, which terminates the process (here it corresponds to a subshell

running ‘expr’).

Since we’re going to exec right after fork, we could turn off

finalization around ‘primitive-fork’ such that the child doesn’t attempt

to restart the finalization thread before exec. The Shepherd has code

like this:

Toggle snippet (27 lines)(define %set-automatic-finalization-enabled?!
  ;; When using a statically-linked Guile, for instance in the initrd, we
  ;; cannot resolve this symbol, but most of the time we don't need it
  ;; anyway.  Thus, delay it.
  (let ((proc (delay
                (pointer->procedure int
                                    (dynamic-func
                                     "scm_set_automatic_finalization_enabled"
                                     (dynamic-link))
                                    (list int)))))
    (lambda (enabled?)
      "Switch on or off automatic finalization in a separate thread.
Turning finalization off shuts down the finalization thread as a side effect."
      (->bool ((force proc) (if enabled? 1 0))))))

(define-syntax-rule (without-automatic-finalization exp ...)
  "Turn off automatic finalization within the dynamic extent of EXP."
  (let ((enabled? #t))
    (dynamic-wind
      (lambda ()
        (set! enabled? (%set-automatic-finalization-enabled?! #f)))
      (lambda ()
        exp ...)
      (lambda ()
        (%set-automatic-finalization-enabled?! enabled?)))))

Problem is, we cannot use the FFI on the statically-linked Guile.

We could implement fork+exec in C, but we don’t have a C compiler at

this early bootstrap stage.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 16 Mar 14:32 -0700

Recipients:(name . Timothy Sample)(address . samplet@ngyro.com)

Message-ID:87sencmzl8.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

Toggle quote (8 lines)

> But this illustrates another problem: in the child process, right before

> ‘execve’, the finalization thread may be restarted, in which case it

> creates a new pipe.

> In the example below, the finalization pipe is on FDs 9 and 7, but

> ‘install-current-ports!’ blindly dups to FD 7, thereby closing one end

> of the finalization pipe that was just created:

The hack below addresses that (mostly) by reserving low-number file

descriptors before the signal and finalization threads create their

pipe. (In practice, we can only reserve FDs above 5; FDs 3 and 4 are

the “sleep pipe” I believe.)

It seems to be good enough though.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

Toggle diff (90 lines)diff --git a/gash/shell.scm b/gash/shell.scm
index 3611067..68e74e7 100644
--- a/gash/shell.scm
+++ b/gash/shell.scm
@@ -68,14 +68,13 @@ not a @code{file-port?}, its corresponding file descriptor will refer
 to @file{/dev/null}."
   ;; XXX: Input/output ports?  Closing other FDs?
   (for-each (lambda (i)
-              (match ((fd->current-port i))
-                ((? file-port? port)
-                 (dup port i))
-                ((? input-port? port)
-                 (dup (open-file "/dev/null" "r") i))
-                ((? output-port? port)
-                 (dup (open-file "/dev/null" "w") i))
-                (_ #t)))
+              (gc)
+              (let ((current-port (fd->current-port i)))
+                (match (current-port)
+                  ((? file-port? port)
+                   (let ((new (dup port i)))
+                     (redirect-port port new)))
+                  (#f #t))))
             (iota *fd-count*)))
 
 (define (exec-utility bindings path name args)
@@ -89,8 +88,14 @@ to @file{/dev/null}."
     ;; the buffer) produces its output.
     (flush-all-ports)
     (match (primitive-fork)
-      (0 (install-current-ports!)
-         (apply execle path utility-env name args))
+      (0
+       (dynamic-wind
+         (lambda ()
+           (install-current-ports!))
+         (lambda ()
+           (apply execle path utility-env name args))
+         (lambda ()
+           (primitive-exit 127))))
       (pid (match-let (((pid . status) (waitpid pid)))
              (set-status! (status:exit-val status)))))))
 
@@ -182,7 +187,10 @@ if it is our responsibility to close the port."
   (define* (make-processed-redir fd target #:optional (open-flags 0))
     (let ((port (match target
                   ((? port?) target)
-                  ((? string?) (open target open-flags))
+                  ((? string?)
+                   (let ((port (open target open-flags)))
+                     (set-port-revealed! port 10)
+                     port))
                   ;; TODO: Verify open-flags.
                   ((? integer?) ((fd->current-port target)))
                   (#f #f))))
@@ -213,6 +221,7 @@ if it is our responsibility to close the port."
      (make-processed-redir fd #f))
     (('<< (? integer? fd) text)
      (let ((port (tmpfile)))
+       (set-port-revealed! port 10)
        (display text port)
        (seek port 0 SEEK_SET)
        (make-processed-redir fd port)))))
@@ -264,6 +273,7 @@ process."
          (lambda () #t)
          (lambda ()
            (restore-signals)
+           (gc)
            (set-atexit! #f)
            ;; We need to preserve the status given to 'exit', so we
            ;; catch the 'quit' key here.
diff --git a/scripts/gash.in b/scripts/gash.in
index f851c1d..57506ba 100644
--- a/scripts/gash.in
+++ b/scripts/gash.in
@@ -21,5 +21,13 @@
 ;;; along with Gash.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define (main args)
+  ;; Reserve file descriptors 5 to 12 (roughly) before the signal and
+  ;; finalization threads grab them so that a script willing to use
+  ;; them can do so without breaking Guile.
+  (let loop ((i 3))
+    (when (<= i 10)
+      (open-fdes "/dev/null" (logior O_RDONLY O_CLOEXEC))
+      (loop (+ i 1))))
+
   (setenv "SHELL" ((compose canonicalize-path car command-line)))
-  ((@ (gash gash) main) (command-line)))
+  ((module-ref (resolve-interface '(gash gash)) 'main) (command-line)))

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 19 Mar 14:20 -0700

[PATCH 0/4] Fixes for subshells and redirections

Recipients:(address . gash-devel@nongnu.org)

Message-ID:20250319212033.4643-1-ludo@gnu.org

Hello,

This fixes issues reported at https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75658

and related I noticed while looking at the code.

Feedback welcome!

Thanks,

Ludo'.

Ludovic Courtès (4):

shell: Exit child process when ‘execle’ fails.

shell: Remove dead code in ‘install-current-ports!’.

shell: ‘install-current-ports!’ opens file descriptors, not ports.

Open low-numbered file descriptors for use by the shell.

gash/shell.scm | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------

scripts/gash.in | 14 +++++++++++++-

tests/exiting.org | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

base-commit: ec9f0313190e380687da387b4207469a0a0a8cd8

2.48.1

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 19 Mar 14:27 -0700

Re: bug#75658: Non-deterministic Gash error in ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4’

Recipients:(name . Timothy Sample)(address . samplet@ngyro.com)

Message-ID:87v7s4emoc.fsf@gnu.org

Hello Timothy,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

Toggle quote (5 lines)

> The hack below addresses that (mostly) by reserving low-number file

> descriptors before the signal and finalization threads create their

> pipe. (In practice, we can only reserve FDs above 5; FDs 3 and 4 are

> the “sleep pipe” I believe.)

I’ve just sent cleaned-up patches to gash-devel including this

fix/workaround.

It passes my tests, meaning that I cannot reproduce the original bug in

a timely fashion when running:

./pre-inst-env gash -c 'exec 2>/dev/null; while true; do echo $(sh --version) > /dev/null; done'

or when running part of the GCC 4.9.4 ‘configure’ script in a loop

(attached is the helper script I used for that; not shown here is a

manual modification of said script so that it exits after “checking for

a sed that does not truncate output”, which was sufficient to reproduce

the bug, possibly after many iterations).

It would be great to cut a Gash release soonish as this bug has been

blocking the ‘core-packages-team’ branch for a while already.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

#!/bin/sh
set -x
export COLUMNS=200
#STRACE="strace -s 100 -f -o log.strace"
PATCH=--with-patch=gash=$PWD/gash-redirect-EBADF.patch
export SHELL=$(guix build gash $PATCH)/bin/gash
export CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL
OPTIONS="--prefix=/wherever --disable-bootstrap --disable-decimal-float --disable-libatomic --disable-libcilkrts --disable-libgomp --disable-libitm --disable-libmudflap --disable-libquadmath --disable-libsanitizer --disable-libssp --disable-libvtv --disable-lto --disable-lto-plugin --disable-multilib --disable-plugin --disable-threads --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-threads=single --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-build-with-cxx"

cd /data/src/gcc-4.9.4
while $STRACE $SHELL -e ./configure $OPTIONS $OPTIONS $OPTIONS
do
    grep fcntl.*EBADF log.strace && break
done

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 20 Mar 07:18 -0700

Re: bug#75658: [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for subshells and redirections

Recipients:(address . gash-devel@nongnu.org)

Message-ID:87msdfbxb2.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

Toggle quote (5 lines)

> shell: Exit child process when ‘execle’ fails.

> shell: Remove dead code in ‘install-current-ports!’.

> shell: ‘install-current-ports!’ opens file descriptors, not ports.

> Open low-numbered file descriptors for use by the shell.

For the record, I also built this series with Guile 2.0.9, by modifying

‘guix.scm’ to refer to it instead of ‘guile-3.0’ and turning off tests

(since they require (srfi srfi-64), which 2.0.9 doesn’t have).

It appears to work fine and passes this test:

timeout 10m \

/gnu/store/3ylfablfwsdaapgk2y3x8yjchmapasxs-gash-0.3.0.6-f988cb-dirty/bin/gash -c 'exec 7>/dev/null; while true; do echo $(sh --version) > /dev/null; done'

Ludo’.

Janneke Nieuwenhuizen wrote on 27 Mar 00:16 -0700

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for subshells and redirections

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:87zfh72bay.fsf@gnu.org

Ludovic Courtès writes:

Hi!

Toggle quote (5 lines)

> This fixes issues reported at https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75658

> and related I noticed while looking at the code.

> Feedback welcome!

That's awesome, what a terrible puzzle that was!

I'm hoping Timothy finds the time to review/merge/release Gash. We

could carry these patches in Guix, but yeah.

Greetings,

Janneke

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Ludovic Courtès wrote 2 days ago

Re: bug#75658: [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for subshells and redirections

Recipients:(name . Janneke Nieuwenhuizen)(address . janneke@gnu.org)

Message-ID:87y0wibpsx.fsf@gnu.org

Hi there!

Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:

Toggle quote (5 lines)

> That's awesome, what a terrible puzzle that was!

> I'm hoping Timothy finds the time to review/merge/release Gash. We

> could carry these patches in Guix, but yeah.

Yup, it would be great if one of you could do that. :-)

Especially since ‘core-packages-team’ has been queued for a while now

and the latest attempts to evaluate the branch have all failed due to

this bug, as in https://ci.guix.gnu.org/eval/2050457/log/raw (I guess

we were lucky on the previous ‘core-updates’ cycle, or just retried

until it would eventually work!).

Cheers,

Ludo’.

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