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bug #54369: [MXE-Octave] crash on "__octave_link_gui_preference__"

Submitter:  Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Submitted:  Tue 24 Jul 2018 10:24:43 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  ttl
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Fri 27 Jul 2018 12:02:55 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Thanks for the quick fix. I tested on Windows 10 and it also no longer segfaults for me.

Closing as fixed.

 Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Thu 26 Jul 2018 06:21:10 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I have pushed cset
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/3418d3729a51
wchih fixes the bug on windows 8 for me.

 Torsten Lilge <ttl>
Group Member
Wed 25 Jul 2018 06:38:58 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Markus, thanks for debugging.

I stumbled about the same sentence in the docs. The unlock was to make sure that the lock is really unlocked, a habit I have taken some time ago while programming for a certain real-time operation system. I am currently thinking about just dropping this unlock or using the mutex that already exists in octave_qt_link (knowing this mechanism works).

 Torsten Lilge <ttl>
Group Member
Wed 25 Jul 2018 06:29:30 PM UTC, comment #1: 

With debug symbols, I get the following backtrace:

(gdb) continue
Continuing.
[Thread 17316.0x1d0 exited with code 0]

Thread 13 received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 17316.0x46d8]
0x000000000d40f1a2 in QBasicMutex::unlockInternal() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000000d40f1a2 in QBasicMutex::unlockInternal() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#1  0x0000000064f16df6 in octave::octave_qt_link::do_gui_preference (this=0x3deb2730, key=..., value=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libgui/src/octave-qt-link.cc:588
#2  0x000000000e9f3865 in octave_link::gui_preference (value=..., key=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/corefcn/octave-link.h:377
#3  F__octave_link_gui_preference__ (args=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/corefcn/octave-link.cc:403
#4  0x000000000e5c69ff in octave_builtin::call (this=0x410366c0, tw=..., nargout=1, args=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/octave-value/ov-builtin.cc:65
#5  0x000000000e6d447a in octave::tree_evaluator::visit_index_expression (this=0x40c20b90, idx_expr=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.cc:1875
#6  0x000000000ec16d76 in octave::tree_evaluator::evaluate (this=0x40c20b90, expr=0x3debb6f0, nargout=<optimized out>)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.h:302
#7  0x000000000e6d5875 in octave::tree_evaluator::visit_simple_assignment (this=0x40c20b90, expr=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.cc:2528
#8  0x000000000ec16d76 in octave::tree_evaluator::evaluate (this=0x40c20b90, expr=0x3dde0b20, nargout=<optimized out>)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.h:302
#9  0x000000000e6d161d in octave::tree_evaluator::visit_statement (this=0x40c20b90, stmt=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.cc:2642
#10 0x000000000e6c78fb in octave::tree_statement::accept (tw=..., this=0x3dde0a20)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-stmt.h:115
#11 octave::tree_evaluator::visit_statement_list (this=0x40c20b90, lst=...)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.cc:2711
#12 0x000000000e6cad4a in octave::tree_statement_list::accept (tw=..., this=<optimized out>)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-stmt.h:190
#13 octave::tree_evaluator::repl (this=this@entry=0x40c20b90, interactive=true)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-eval.cc:105
#14 0x000000000e92e64e in octave::interpreter::main_loop (this=this@entry=0x40c20040)
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/corefcn/interpreter.cc:949
#15 0x000000000e936ada in octave::interpreter::main_loop (this=0x40c20040)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/corefcn/interpreter.cc:932
#16 octave::interpreter::execute (this=this@entry=0x40c20040)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libinterp/corefcn/interpreter.cc:694
#17 0x0000000064f090f6 in octave::octave_interpreter::execute (this=0x375d65f0)
    at /home/osboxes/Documents/Repositories/Octave/mxe-octave-3/tmp-default-octave/octave-5.0.0/libgui/src/main-window.cc:141
#18 0x0000000064f5e1a5 in octave::octave_interpreter::qt_static_metacall (_o=0x419bb530, _c=QMetaObject::RegisterMethodArgumentMetaType, _id=-1048576,
    _a=0x6b0d46 <Curl_ftp_parselist+950>) at libgui/src/moc-main-window.cc:89
#19 0x000000000d5f5d6a in QObject::event(QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#20 0x000000000d967c5c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
#21 0x000000000d96ede0 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
#22 0x000000000d5c9e38 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#23 0x000000000d5d0089 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#24 0x000000000d6220e8 in QEventDispatcherWin32Private::sendTimerEvent(int) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#25 0x00007ffd13d36cc1 in USER32!CallWindowProcW () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
#26 0x00007ffd13d36693 in USER32!DispatchMessageW () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
#27 0x000000000d62183b in QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#28 0x000000000d5c86ff in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#29 0x000000000d413c19 in QThread::run() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#30 0x000000000d41ea17 in QtPrivate::ResultStoreBase::addResults(int, void const*, int, int) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64_debug\octave-2018-07-25-19-17-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#31 0x00007ffd15ea3034 in KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\kernel32.dll
#32 0x00007ffd16091431 in ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart () from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
#33 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb)



That means it segfault on the unlock here:

  std::string octave_qt_link::do_gui_preference (const std::string& key,
                                                 const std::string& value)
  {
    QMutex wait_for_gui;
    QString pref_value;

    // Emit the signal for changing or getting a preference
    emit gui_preference_signal (QString::fromStdString (key),
                                QString::fromStdString (value),
                                &wait_for_gui, &pref_value);

    // Unlock and lock the mutex (make sure it is locked without being blocked)
    wait_for_gui.unlock ();
    wait_for_gui.lock ();

    // Try to lock it again, thus waiting for the unlock of the gui after
    // reading/changing desired preference. A timeout of 3 s for not being
    // blocked forever if something goes wrong
    wait_for_gui.tryLock (3000);

    return pref_value.toStdString ();
  }


I don't know why it is tried to unlock the thread before it is locked in the next line. And locked again (?) with the next command.
The Qt manual for "unlock" [1] reads: "Unlocking a mutex that is not locked results in undefined behavior."
So we should probably try and avoid that.

[1]: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmutex.html

 Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Tue 24 Jul 2018 10:24:43 PM UTC, original submission:  

With a Windows cross-build of a recent tip (hg id 4de7535ece11), I get a segmentation fault on the following command:

orig_show_dbg = __octave_link_gui_preference__ ("editor/show_dbg_file", "0");


Attaching to gdb gives the following traceback:

[Thread 10384.0x2c0c exited with code 0]

Thread 9 received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 10384.0x1a18]
0x000000006675f1a2 in QBasicMutex::unlockInternal() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000006675f1a2 in QBasicMutex::unlockInternal() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#1  0x0000000064f16df6 in liboctgui-3!_ZN6octave14octave_qt_link17do_gui_preferenceERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEES8_ ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctgui-3.dll
#2  0x0000000067853865 in liboctinterp-5!_Z31F__octave_link_gui_preference__RK17octave_value_listi ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#3  0x00000000674269ff in liboctinterp-5!_ZN14octave_builtin4callERN6octave14tree_evaluatorEiRK17octave_value_list ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#4  0x000000006753447a in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator22visit_index_expressionERNS_21tree_index_expressionE ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#5  0x0000000067a76d76 in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator8evaluateEPNS_15tree_expressionEi ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#6  0x0000000067535875 in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator23visit_simple_assignmentERNS_22tree_simple_assignmentE ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#7  0x0000000067a76d76 in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator8evaluateEPNS_15tree_expressionEi ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#8  0x000000006753161d in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator15visit_statementERNS_14tree_statementE ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#9  0x00000000675278fb in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator20visit_statement_listERNS_19tree_statement_listE
    ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#10 0x000000006752ad4a in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave14tree_evaluator4replEb ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#11 0x0000000067796ada in liboctinterp-5!_ZN6octave11interpreter7executeEv ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctinterp-5.dll
#12 0x0000000064f090f6 in liboctgui-3!_ZN6octave18octave_interpreter7executeEv ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctgui-3.dll
#13 0x0000000064f5e1a5 in liboctgui-3!_ZN6octave18octave_interpreter18qt_static_metacallEP7QObjectN11QMetaObject4CallEiPPv ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\liboctgui-3.dll
#14 0x0000000066945d6a in QObject::event(QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#15 0x0000000002077c5c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
#16 0x000000000207ede0 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
#17 0x0000000066919e38 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#18 0x0000000066920089 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#19 0x00000000669720e8 in QEventDispatcherWin32Private::sendTimerEvent(int) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#20 0x00007ffd13d36cc1 in USER32!CallWindowProcW () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
#21 0x00007ffd13d36693 in USER32!DispatchMessageW () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
#22 0x000000006697183b in QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#23 0x00000000669186ff in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#24 0x0000000066763c19 in QThread::run() ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#25 0x000000006676ea17 in QtPrivate::ResultStoreBase::addResults(int, void const*, int, int) ()
   from D:\Repositories\Octave\test\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64_hdf5create\octave-2018-07-24-21-12-w64\bin\Qt5Core.dll
#26 0x00007ffd15ea3034 in KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\kernel32.dll
#27 0x00007ffd16091431 in ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart () from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
#28 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb)


Assigning to Torsten since he recently added this function.
Can I do anything to help debugging? Should I recompile with symbols to get a more verbose backtrace? (Might take a while)

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