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Subject: Re: 1.7.9-1 dll::init() still causing STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION errors
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On 11/30/2011 9:33 PM, Jim Schneider wrote:
> I updated today to 1.7.9-1 from an earlier install.   Now, bash produces a series of dozens of exception lines like the following:
>
> 214713567 [main] bash 5368 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
> 214714267 [main] bash 5368 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to bash.exe.stackdump
>
> The contents of bash.exe.stackdump are:
>
> Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=6102048B
> eax=00C40308 ebx=6124545C ecx=75110F81 edx=003C51F8 esi=00000000 edi=0028F9F4
> ebp=61020C00 esp=0028C7C4 program=C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe, pid 1928, thread main
> cs=0023 ds=002B es=002B fs=0053 gs=002B ss=002B
> Stack trace:
> Frame     Function  Args
> End of stack trace
>
> The address 6102048B is associated with line 82 of winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc, which is in dll::init():
>
> /* Initialize an individual DLL */
> int
> dll::init ()
> {
>    int ret = 1;
>
>    /* This should be a no-op.  Why didn't we just import this variable? */
>    if (!p.envptr)
>      p.envptr =&__cygwin_environ;
>    else
>      *(p.envptr) = __cygwin_environ;		/* This is line 82 */
>
>    /* Don't run constructors or the "main" if we've forked. */
>    if (!in_forkee)
>      {
>        /* global contructors */
>        p.run_ctors ();
>
>        /* entry point of dll (use main of per_process with null args...) */
>        if (p.main)
>          ret = p.main (0, 0, 0);
>      }
>
>    return ret;
> }
>
> The pointer p.envptr is tested before an attempt is made to use it, so it looks like it is getting garbage.  Disassembling the function dll::init shows that the edx register is being used to hold the address.  It's holding 003C51F8, just short of 240K before the base address of bash.
>
> If I manage to run it down, I'll send a patch.
>

I suggest to test a latest snapshot to see if the problem as
been already solved, a lot of improvement are already in place for
the future 1.7.10.



Regards
Marco



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