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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-12-09 17:17:07 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-12-09 18:32:05 +0100
commit4bd6f1d1d65b90ca90c3305404d820c5f4ca4427 (patch)
tree474a3731b08631933d8236721541005a8d7ffa51 /gnu
parent9a05da36b5945c49f17de846b50eb55d5ab7ff52 (diff)
gnu: guile: Add 2.2.6-1 with a finalization crash bug-fix.
* gnu/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-2.2/bug-fix): New variable.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/guile.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch61
3 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f1223e2d70..0faa0ba07c 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-2.2-skip-oom-test.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-default-utf8.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-gdbm-ffi-support-gdbm-1.14.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-linux-syscalls.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-present-coding.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-relocatable.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 33968996e6..9df008c413 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -250,6 +250,18 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
(variable "GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH")
(files '("lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache")))))))
+(define-public guile-2.2/bug-fix
+ ;; This variant contains a bug fix for a relatively rare crash that could
+ ;; affect shepherd as PID 1: <https://bugs.gnu.org/37757>.
+ (package
+ (inherit guile-2.2)
+ (version (string-append (package-version guile-2.2) "-1"))
+ (source (origin
+ (inherit (package-source guile-2.2))
+ (patches
+ (append (search-patches "guile-finalization-crash.patch")
+ (origin-patches (package-source guile-2.2))))))))
+
(define-public guile-2.2/fixed
;; A package of Guile 2.2 that's rarely changed. It is the one used
;; in the `base' module, and thus changing it entails a full rebuild.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..098249e49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/guile-finalization-crash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+commit edf5aea7ac852db2356ef36cba4a119eb0c81ea9
+Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+Date: Mon Dec 9 14:44:59 2019 +0100
+
+ Fix non-deterministic crash in 'finalization_thread_proc'.
+
+ Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/37757>.
+ Reported by Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357@gmail.com>.
+
+ * libguile/finalizers.c (finalization_thread_proc): Do not enter the
+ "switch (data.byte)" condition when data.n <= 0.
+
+diff --git a/libguile/finalizers.c b/libguile/finalizers.c
+index c5d69e8e3..94a6e6b0a 100644
+--- a/libguile/finalizers.c
++++ b/libguile/finalizers.c
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-/* Copyright (C) 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
++/* Copyright (C) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+@@ -211,21 +211,26 @@ finalization_thread_proc (void *unused)
+
+ scm_without_guile (read_finalization_pipe_data, &data);
+
+- if (data.n <= 0 && data.err != EINTR)
++ if (data.n <= 0)
+ {
+- perror ("error in finalization thread");
+- return NULL;
++ if (data.err != EINTR)
++ {
++ perror ("error in finalization thread");
++ return NULL;
++ }
+ }
+-
+- switch (data.byte)
++ else
+ {
+- case 0:
+- scm_run_finalizers ();
+- break;
+- case 1:
+- return NULL;
+- default:
+- abort ();
++ switch (data.byte)
++ {
++ case 0:
++ scm_run_finalizers ();
++ break;
++ case 1:
++ return NULL;
++ default:
++ abort ();
++ }
+ }
+ }
+ }