From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18122 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2004 11:02:40 -0000 Received: from odin.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.85) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 11:02:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 8252 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2004 12:18:15 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 12:18:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 29644 invoked by alias); 7 Jul 2004 11:02:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20139 Received: (qmail 29635 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2004 11:02:19 -0000 Received: from odin.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.85) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 11:02:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 8099 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2004 12:18:11 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 12:17:58 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i67B1dv18819 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:01:39 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:00:58 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:02:36 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i67B1ZgA024646; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:01:35 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i67B1Ygr024643; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:01:35 +0100 Message-Id: <200407071101.i67B1Ygr024643@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 251378-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#251378: zsh: segfaults when globing includes too many files In-reply-to: "Clint Adams"'s message of "Tue, 06 Jul 2004 14:59:26 EDT." <20040706185926.GA14980@scowler.net> Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:01:34 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jul 2004 11:02:36.0737 (UTC) FILETIME=[E977A310:01C46411] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.3 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_70 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 2.3 Clint Adams wrote: > I can't reproduce this yet, but some people are experiencing segfaults > when globbing in /usr/share/doc. The source shown below includes 19920. > This also happens with HEAD, I think. So this happens with both 4.2.0 and the latest, and therefore isn't (directly) related to the mmap reorganisation of heap allocation? Is it possible a memory allocator is returning 0? It could be another case where the shell is trying to allocate way too much memory, not getting it, and not handling the failure gracefully. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************