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Bug 843199 - Ruby bindings segfault in event callbacks when the Ruby GC is invoked.
Summary: Ruby bindings segfault in event callbacks when the Ruby GC is invoked.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libguestfs
Version: 6.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 843188
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-25 21:35 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2012-09-28 13:03 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 843188
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-09-28 13:03:20 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Issue Tracker BGBUILD-371 0 Major Closed segfault in boxgrinder-build 0.10.2 after update to ruby-libguestfs.i686 1:1.16.28-1.fc16 2018-09-05 12:48:13 UTC

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2012-07-25 21:35:34 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #843188 +++

Description of problem:

Initial report is here, with a partial stack trace:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/BGBUILD-371

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libguestfs 1.16.28

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. unknown at present

--- Additional comment from rjones on 2012-07-25 17:34:14 EDT ---

Created attachment 600404 [details]
bz843188.rb

This small script reproduces the bug.

Save it to a file, chmod +x the script and run it.  It will
cause a segfault.

If you comment out the line that calls g.set_event_callback
then it won't segfault, proving that the problem is with
events.
Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-09-28 13:03:20 UTC 
We got to the bottom of this bug (see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=843188#c6)
and essentially the problem is that the Ruby 1.8 garbage
collector is broken by design.

This problem is unfixable, except by moving to Ruby 1.9
or not using Ruby.
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