# Recurring core dump on y2

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/22670
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- Started by Rasmus Lerdorf on 2006-04-05T14:47:28+00:00
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## #22670 — Rasmus Lerdorf — 2006-04-05T14:47:28+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/22670#22670

I am out of ideas on this one.  I started chasing a problem yesterday 
where we were crashing repeatedly on y2.  I removed APC and a couple of 
other things to rule those out.  The crash is consistently in exactly 
the same place.  It is always on a request to:

   http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php

in the `highlight_string()` call from layout.inc:

function highlight_php($code, $return = FALSE)
{
     // Using OB, as `highlight_string()` only supports
     // returning the result from 4.2.0
     `ob_start()`;
     highlight_string($code);
     $highlighted = `ob_get_contents()`;
     `ob_end_clean()`;

and it is always on the second note on that page.  I yanked the raw note 
data out of the backend files and tried to reproduce it with:

   http://www.php.net/~rasmus/note.php

note.phps for source

But no luck.  Somehow CG(op_array) is getting set to crap coming into 
that call, but only sometimes.  Yet if it is random memory corruption 
like that, why is the crash always exactly the same?  It looks like this:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000000800b59953 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x000000080109dac6 in lex_scan (zendlval=0x7fffffff8d20) at 
zend_language_scanner.l:1301
#2  0x00000008010b1214 in zend_highlight 
(syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10) at 
/home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend_highlight.c:178
#3  0x00000008010a03b4 in highlight_string (str=0x7fffffff8d80, 
syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10,
     str_name=0x981d18 
"/home/local/Web/sites/www.php.net/include/layout.inc(21) : highlighted 
code") at zend_language_scanner.l:621
#4  0x00000008010072ac in zif_highlight_string (ht=40, 
return_value=0x986c58, return_value_ptr=0xc, this_ptr=0x978340, 
return_value_used=19651040)
     at /home/rasmus/php51/ext/standard/basic_functions.c:2537
#5  0x00000008010d9407 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffff91e0) at zend_vm_execute.h:200
#6  0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x893f00) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#7  0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffff9440) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
#8  0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x8f5400) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#9  0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffff9b80) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
#10 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x842300) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#11 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffffa370) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
#12 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x842000) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#13 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffffa7a0) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
#14 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x816b00) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#15 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
(execute_data=0x7fffffffc750) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
#16 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x7e8a18) at 
zend_vm_execute.h:92
#17 0x00000008010bc4a9 in zend_execute_scripts (type=8, retval=0x0, 
file_count=3) at /home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend.c:1109
#18 0x000000080107d17d in php_execute_script 
(primary_file=0x7fffffffdfd0) at /home/rasmus/php51/main/main.c:1726
#19 0x0000000801130d4f in apache_php_module_main (r=0x28, 
display_source_mode=0) at /home/rasmus/php51/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c:53
#20 0x0000000801131995 in send_php (r=0x7bf060, display_source_mode=0, 
filename=0x0) at /home/rasmus/php51/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c:661
#21 0x0000000000427cec in ap_invoke_handler ()
#22 0x0000000000439a6c in process_request_internal ()
#23 0x0000000000439bad in ap_process_request ()
#24 0x000000000043132f in child_main ()
#25 0x00000000004316b9 in make_child ()
#26 0x000000000043295e in standalone_main ()
#27 0x0000000000433453 in main ()

(gdb) up
#1  0x000000080109dac6 in lex_scan (zendlval=0x7fffffff8d20) at 
zend_language_scanner.l:1301
1301            zendlval->value.str.len = strlen(func_name);
(gdb) p func_name
$3 = 0x28 <Address 0x28 out of bounds>

(gdb) frame 2
#2  0x00000008010b1214 in zend_highlight 
(syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10) at 
/home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend_highlight.c:178
178                     token.type = 0;
(gdb) l
173                                             break;
174                             }
175                     } else if (token_type == T_END_HEREDOC) {
176                             efree(token.value.str.val);
177                     }
178                     token.type = 0;
179             }
180     done:
181             if (last_color != syntax_highlighter_ini->highlight_html) {
182                     zend_printf("</span>\n");
(gdb) p token
$8 = {value = {lval = 12225272, dval = 6.0400869062649078e-317, str = 
{val = 0xba8af8 "::", len = 2}, ht = 0xba8af8, obj = {handle = 12225272,
       handlers = 0x2}}, refcount = 4294937984, type = 0 '\0', is_ref = 
127 '\177'}

(gdb) frame 3
#3  0x00000008010a03b4 in highlight_string (str=0x7fffffff8d80, 
syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10,
     str_name=0x981d18 
"/home/local/Web/sites/www.php.net/include/layout.inc(21) : highlighted 
code") at zend_language_scanner.l:621
621             zend_highlight(syntax_highlighter_ini TSRMLS_CC);
(gdb) p *str
$5 = {value = {lval = 9998360, dval = 4.9398461907532858e-317, str = {
       val = 0x989018 "This is a small function I wrote to handle 
queries on a table.\nIt can query a table, order and sort, and supports 
inner joins.\n\nThis function also returns the result as a single row or 
all rows.\n\nEnjo"..., len = 3374}, ht = 0x989018, obj = {handle = 9998360,
       handlers = 0xd2e}}, refcount = 3, type = 6 '\006', is_ref = 0 '\0'}

(gdb) frame 4
#4  0x00000008010072ac in zif_highlight_string (ht=40, 
return_value=0x986c58, return_value_ptr=0xc, this_ptr=0x978340, 
return_value_used=19651040)
     at /home/rasmus/php51/ext/standard/basic_functions.c:2537
2537            if (highlight_string(expr, &syntax_highlighter_ini, 
hicompiled_string_description TSRMLS_CC) == FAILURE) {
(gdb) p *expr
$2 = {value = {lval = 9994264, dval = 4.9378224978679201e-317, str = {
       val = 0x988018 "This is a small function I wrote to handle 
queries on a table.\nIt can query a table, order and sort, and supports 
inner joins.\n\nThis function also returns the result as a single row or 
all rows.\n\nEnjo"..., len = 3374}, ht = 0x988018, obj = {handle = 9994264,
       handlers = 0xd2e}}, refcount = 3, type = 6 '\006', is_ref = 0 '\0'}

I have also tried to reproduce this running under valgrind, but no luck 
there either.  So it could be 64-bit specific, or somehow I didn't 
recreate the exact same environment for it.  Since it is the second user 
note with code to highlight on that page that always crashes, it could 
be some sort of re-entrancy problem as well.  Or perhaps it is totally 
unrelated, although the fact that it is always the exact same crash is 
extremely suspicious.

If you have an account on y2, do:

   gdb /local/httpd/bin/httpd /local/httpd/httpd.core

This is running PHP_5_1 as of yesterday.

-Rasmus

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## #22671 — Rasmus Lerdorf — 2006-04-05T17:12:44+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/22670#22671 · In reply to: #22670

Minor update.  The latest core is the first I have seen not on the mysql 
page.  Still in `highlight_string()`, but this time it is on the first 
user note at:

  http://www.php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.register-shutdown-function.php

$4 = {value = {lval = 9162776, dval = 4.5270128421386736e-317, str = {
       val = 0x8bd018 "I have discovered a change in behavior from PHP 
5.0.4 to PHP 5.1.2 when using a shutdown function in conjunction with an 
output buffering callback.\n\nIn PHP 5.0.4 (and earlier versions I 
believe) the s"..., len = 732}, ht = 0x8bd018, obj = {handle = 9162776,
       handlers = 0x2dc}}, refcount = 3, type = 6 '\006', is_ref = 0 '\0'}

-Rasmus

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> I am out of ideas on this one.  I started chasing a problem yesterday 
> where we were crashing repeatedly on y2.  I removed APC and a couple of 
> other things to rule those out.  The crash is consistently in exactly 
> the same place.  It is always on a request to:
> 
>   http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
> 
> in the `highlight_string()` call from layout.inc:
> 
> function highlight_php($code, $return = FALSE)
> {
>     // Using OB, as `highlight_string()` only supports
>     // returning the result from 4.2.0
>     `ob_start()`;
>     highlight_string($code);
>     $highlighted = `ob_get_contents()`;
>     `ob_end_clean()`;
> 
> and it is always on the second note on that page.  I yanked the raw note 
> data out of the backend files and tried to reproduce it with:
> 
>   http://www.php.net/~rasmus/note.php
> 
> note.phps for source
> 
> But no luck.  Somehow CG(op_array) is getting set to crap coming into 
> that call, but only sometimes.  Yet if it is random memory corruption 
> like that, why is the crash always exactly the same?  It looks like this:
> 
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x0000000800b59953 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x000000080109dac6 in lex_scan (zendlval=0x7fffffff8d20) at 
> zend_language_scanner.l:1301
> #2  0x00000008010b1214 in zend_highlight 
> (syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10) at 
> /home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend_highlight.c:178
> #3  0x00000008010a03b4 in highlight_string (str=0x7fffffff8d80, 
> syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10,
>     str_name=0x981d18 
> "/home/local/Web/sites/www.php.net/include/layout.inc(21) : highlighted 
> code") at zend_language_scanner.l:621
> #4  0x00000008010072ac in zif_highlight_string (ht=40, 
> return_value=0x986c58, return_value_ptr=0xc, this_ptr=0x978340, 
> return_value_used=19651040)
>     at /home/rasmus/php51/ext/standard/basic_functions.c:2537
> #5  0x00000008010d9407 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffff91e0) at zend_vm_execute.h:200
> #6  0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x893f00) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #7  0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffff9440) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
> #8  0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x8f5400) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #9  0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffff9b80) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
> #10 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x842300) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #11 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffffa370) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
> #12 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x842000) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #13 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffffa7a0) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
> #14 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x816b00) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #15 0x00000008010d8ff5 in zend_do_fcall_common_helper_SPEC 
> (execute_data=0x7fffffffc750) at zend_vm_execute.h:234
> #16 0x00000008010d8d21 in execute (op_array=0x7e8a18) at 
> zend_vm_execute.h:92
> #17 0x00000008010bc4a9 in zend_execute_scripts (type=8, retval=0x0, 
> file_count=3) at /home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend.c:1109
> #18 0x000000080107d17d in php_execute_script 
> (primary_file=0x7fffffffdfd0) at /home/rasmus/php51/main/main.c:1726
> #19 0x0000000801130d4f in apache_php_module_main (r=0x28, 
> display_source_mode=0) at /home/rasmus/php51/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c:53
> #20 0x0000000801131995 in send_php (r=0x7bf060, display_source_mode=0, 
> filename=0x0) at /home/rasmus/php51/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c:661
> #21 0x0000000000427cec in ap_invoke_handler ()
> #22 0x0000000000439a6c in process_request_internal ()
> #23 0x0000000000439bad in ap_process_request ()
> #24 0x000000000043132f in child_main ()
> #25 0x00000000004316b9 in make_child ()
> #26 0x000000000043295e in standalone_main ()
> #27 0x0000000000433453 in main ()
> 
> (gdb) up
> #1  0x000000080109dac6 in lex_scan (zendlval=0x7fffffff8d20) at 
> zend_language_scanner.l:1301
> 1301            zendlval->value.str.len = strlen(func_name);
> (gdb) p func_name
> $3 = 0x28 <Address 0x28 out of bounds>
> 
> (gdb) frame 2
> #2  0x00000008010b1214 in zend_highlight 
> (syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10) at 
> /home/rasmus/php51/Zend/zend_highlight.c:178
> 178                     token.type = 0;
> (gdb) l
> 173                                             break;
> 174                             }
> 175                     } else if (token_type == T_END_HEREDOC) {
> 176                             efree(token.value.str.val);
> 177                     }
> 178                     token.type = 0;
> 179             }
> 180     done:
> 181             if (last_color != syntax_highlighter_ini->highlight_html) {
> 182                     zend_printf("</span>\n");
> (gdb) p token
> $8 = {value = {lval = 12225272, dval = 6.0400869062649078e-317, str = 
> {val = 0xba8af8 "::", len = 2}, ht = 0xba8af8, obj = {handle = 12225272,
>       handlers = 0x2}}, refcount = 4294937984, type = 0 '\0', is_ref = 
> 127 '\177'}
> 
> (gdb) frame 3
> #3  0x00000008010a03b4 in highlight_string (str=0x7fffffff8d80, 
> syntax_highlighter_ini=0x7fffffff8e10,
>     str_name=0x981d18 
> "/home/local/Web/sites/www.php.net/include/layout.inc(21) : highlighted 
> code") at zend_language_scanner.l:621
> 621             zend_highlight(syntax_highlighter_ini TSRMLS_CC);
> (gdb) p *str
> $5 = {value = {lval = 9998360, dval = 4.9398461907532858e-317, str = {
>       val = 0x989018 "This is a small function I wrote to handle queries 
> on a table.\nIt can query a table, order and sort, and supports inner 
> joins.\n\nThis function also returns the result as a single row or all 
> rows.\n\nEnjo"..., len = 3374}, ht = 0x989018, obj = {handle = 9998360,
>       handlers = 0xd2e}}, refcount = 3, type = 6 '\006', is_ref = 0 '\0'}
> 
> (gdb) frame 4
> #4  0x00000008010072ac in zif_highlight_string (ht=40, 
> return_value=0x986c58, return_value_ptr=0xc, this_ptr=0x978340, 
> return_value_used=19651040)
>     at /home/rasmus/php51/ext/standard/basic_functions.c:2537
> 2537            if (highlight_string(expr, &syntax_highlighter_ini, 
> hicompiled_string_description TSRMLS_CC) == FAILURE) {
> (gdb) p *expr
> $2 = {value = {lval = 9994264, dval = 4.9378224978679201e-317, str = {
>       val = 0x988018 "This is a small function I wrote to handle queries 
> on a table.\nIt can query a table, order and sort, and supports inner 
> joins.\n\nThis function also returns the result as a single row or all 
> rows.\n\nEnjo"..., len = 3374}, ht = 0x988018, obj = {handle = 9994264,
>       handlers = 0xd2e}}, refcount = 3, type = 6 '\006', is_ref = 0 '\0'}
> 
> I have also tried to reproduce this running under valgrind, but no luck 
> there either.  So it could be 64-bit specific, or somehow I didn't 
> recreate the exact same environment for it.  Since it is the second user 
> note with code to highlight on that page that always crashes, it could 
> be some sort of re-entrancy problem as well.  Or perhaps it is totally 
> unrelated, although the fact that it is always the exact same crash is 
> extremely suspicious.
> 
> If you have an account on y2, do:
> 
>   gdb /local/httpd/bin/httpd /local/httpd/httpd.core
> 
> This is running PHP_5_1 as of yesterday.
> 
> -Rasmus