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rustc seems to segfault on my machine with this code. It's admittedly very ridiculous, so maybe this is a complete non-issue, but I'd expect it to pop up anything fancier than a raw unclear spam of what looks like a stack trace and then segfaulting. The code and the compiler outputs are too large for GitHub's issue body character limit, so here it is as a gist: The code has unnecessary statements, but they don't seem to affect the error. Effectively, this code can be reproduced by taking this line: and recursively putting it into itself at X a few thousand times, at some point replacing it with nothing instead. Checked with both stable and nightly versions. rustc stable version (from on Arch Linux): rustc nightly version (from on Arch Linux): Stable compiler output: Nightly compiler output: There does not appear to be any change in the output from setting in environment.

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#[macro_use] mod print; mod session_diagnostics; <ins> #[cfg(all(unix, any(target_env = "gnu", target_os = "macos")))] mod signal_handler; #[cfg(not(all(unix, any(target_env = "gnu", target_os = "macos"))))] mod signal_handler { /// On platforms which don't support our signal handler's requirements, /// simply use the default signal handler provided by std. pub(super) fn install() {} } </ins> use crate::session_diagnostics::{ RLinkEmptyVersionNumber, RLinkEncodingVersionMismatch, RLinkRustcVersionMismatch,

} } <del> #[cfg(all(unix, any(target_env = "gnu", target_os = "macos")))] mod signal_handler { extern "C" { fn backtrace_symbols_fd( buffer: *const *mut libc::c_void, size: libc::c_int, fd: libc::c_int, ); } extern "C" fn print_stack_trace(_: libc::c_int) { const MAX_FRAMES: usize = 256; static mut STACK_TRACE: [*mut libc::c_void; MAX_FRAMES] = [std::ptr::null_mut(); MAX_FRAMES]; unsafe { let depth = libc::backtrace(STACK_TRACE.as_mut_ptr(), MAX_FRAMES as i32); if depth == 0 { return; } backtrace_symbols_fd(STACK_TRACE.as_ptr(), depth, 2); } } /// When an error signal (such as SIGABRT or SIGSEGV) is delivered to the /// process, print a stack trace and then exit. pub(super) fn install() { use std::alloc::{alloc, Layout}; unsafe { let alt_stack_size: usize = min_sigstack_size() + 64 * 1024; let mut alt_stack: libc::stack_t = std::mem::zeroed(); alt_stack.ss_sp = alloc(Layout::from_size_align(alt_stack_size, 1).unwrap()).cast(); alt_stack.ss_size = alt_stack_size; libc::sigaltstack(&alt_stack, std::ptr::null_mut()); let mut sa: libc::sigaction = std::mem::zeroed(); sa.sa_sigaction = print_stack_trace as libc::sighandler_t; sa.sa_flags = libc::SA_NODEFER | libc::SA_RESETHAND | libc::SA_ONSTACK; libc::sigemptyset(&mut sa.sa_mask); libc::sigaction(libc::SIGSEGV, &sa, std::ptr::null_mut()); } } /// Modern kernels on modern hardware can have dynamic signal stack sizes. #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))] fn min_sigstack_size() -> usize { const AT_MINSIGSTKSZ: core::ffi::c_ulong = 51; let dynamic_sigstksz = unsafe { libc::getauxval(AT_MINSIGSTKSZ) }; // If getauxval couldn't find the entry, it returns 0, // so take the higher of the "constant" and auxval. // This transparently supports older kernels which don't provide AT_MINSIGSTKSZ libc::MINSIGSTKSZ.max(dynamic_sigstksz as _) } /// Not all OS support hardware where this is needed. #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))] fn min_sigstack_size() -> usize { libc::MINSIGSTKSZ } } #[cfg(not(all(unix, any(target_env = "gnu", target_os = "macos"))))] mod signal_handler { pub(super) fn install() {} } </del> pub fn main() -> ! { let start_time = Instant::now(); let start_rss = get_resident_set_size();

<ins> //! Signal handler for rustc //! Primarily used to extract a backtrace from stack overflow use std::alloc::{alloc, Layout}; use std::{fmt, mem, ptr}; extern "C" { fn backtrace_symbols_fd(buffer: *const *mut libc::c_void, size: libc::c_int, fd: libc::c_int); } fn backtrace_stderr(buffer: &[*mut libc::c_void]) { let size = buffer.len().try_into().unwrap_or_default(); unsafe { backtrace_symbols_fd(buffer.as_ptr(), size, libc::STDERR_FILENO) }; } /// Unbuffered, unsynchronized writer to stderr. /// /// Only acceptable because everything will end soon anyways. struct RawStderr(()); impl fmt::Write for RawStderr { fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> { let ret = unsafe { libc::write(libc::STDERR_FILENO, s.as_ptr().cast(), s.len()) }; if ret == -1 { Err(fmt::Error) } else { Ok(()) } } } /// We don't really care how many bytes we actually get out. SIGSEGV comes for our head. /// Splash stderr with letters of our own blood to warn our friends about the monster. macro raw_errln($tokens:tt) { let _ = ::core::fmt::Write::write_fmt(&mut RawStderr(()), format_args!($tokens)); let _ = ::core::fmt::Write::write_char(&mut RawStderr(()), 'n'); } /// Signal handler installed for SIGSEGV extern "C" fn print_stack_trace(_: libc::c_int) { const MAX_FRAMES: usize = 256; // Reserve data segment so we don't have to malloc in a signal handler, which might fail // in incredibly undesirable and unexpected ways due to e.g. the allocator deadlocking static mut STACK_TRACE: [*mut libc::c_void; MAX_FRAMES] = [ptr::null_mut(); MAX_FRAMES]; let stack = unsafe { // Collect return addresses let depth = libc::backtrace(STACK_TRACE.as_mut_ptr(), MAX_FRAMES as i32); if depth == 0 { return; } &STACK_TRACE.as_slice()[0..(depth as _)] }; // Just a stack trace is cryptic. Explain what we're doing. raw_errln!("error: rustc interrupted by SIGSEGV, printing backtracen"); let mut written = 1; let mut consumed = 0; // Begin elaborating return addrs into symbols and writing them directly to stderr // Most backtraces are stack overflow, most stack overflows are from recursion // Check for cycles before writing 250 lines of the same ~5 symbols let cycled = |(runner, walker)| runner == walker; let mut cyclic = false; if let Some(period) = stack.iter().skip(1).step_by(2).zip(stack).position(cycled) { let period = period.saturating_add(1); // avoid "what if wrapped?" branches let Some(offset) = stack.iter().skip(period).zip(stack).position(cycled) else { // impossible. return; }; // Count matching trace slices, else we could miscount "biphasic cycles" // with the same period + loop entry but a different inner loop let next_cycle = stack[offset..].chunks_exact(period).skip(1); let cycles = 1 + next_cycle .zip(stack[offset..].chunks_exact(period)) .filter(|(next, prev)| next == prev) .count(); backtrace_stderr(&stack[..offset]); written += offset; consumed += offset; if cycles > 1 { raw_errln!("n### cycle encountered after {offset} frames with period {period}"); backtrace_stderr(&stack[consumed..consumed + period]); raw_errln!("### recursed {cycles} timesn"); written += period + 4; consumed += period * cycles; cyclic = true; }; } let rem = &stack[consumed..]; backtrace_stderr(rem); raw_errln!(""); written += rem.len() + 1; let random_depth = || 8 * 16; // chosen by random diceroll (2d20) if cyclic || stack.len() > random_depth() { // technically speculation, but assert it with confidence anyway. // rustc only arrived in this signal handler because bad things happened // and this message is for explaining it's not the programmer's fault raw_errln!("note: rustc unexpectedly overflowed its stack! this is a bug"); written += 1; } if stack.len() == MAX_FRAMES { raw_errln!("note: maximum backtrace depth reached, frames may have been lost"); written += 1; } raw_errln!("note: we would appreciate a report at https://github.com/rust-lang/rust"); written += 1; if written > 24 { // We probably just scrolled the earlier "we got SIGSEGV" message off the terminal raw_errln!("note: backtrace dumped due to SIGSEGV! resuming signal"); }; } /// When SIGSEGV is delivered to the process, print a stack trace and then exit. pub(super) fn install() { unsafe { let alt_stack_size: usize = min_sigstack_size() + 64 * 1024; let mut alt_stack: libc::stack_t = mem::zeroed(); alt_stack.ss_sp = alloc(Layout::from_size_align(alt_stack_size, 1).unwrap()).cast(); alt_stack.ss_size = alt_stack_size; libc::sigaltstack(&alt_stack, ptr::null_mut()); let mut sa: libc::sigaction = mem::zeroed(); sa.sa_sigaction = print_stack_trace as libc::sighandler_t; sa.sa_flags = libc::SA_NODEFER | libc::SA_RESETHAND | libc::SA_ONSTACK; libc::sigemptyset(&mut sa.sa_mask); libc::sigaction(libc::SIGSEGV, &sa, ptr::null_mut()); } } /// Modern kernels on modern hardware can have dynamic signal stack sizes. #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))] fn min_sigstack_size() -> usize { const AT_MINSIGSTKSZ: core::ffi::c_ulong = 51; let dynamic_sigstksz = unsafe { libc::getauxval(AT_MINSIGSTKSZ) }; // If getauxval couldn't find the entry, it returns 0, // so take the higher of the "constant" and auxval. // This transparently supports older kernels which don't provide AT_MINSIGSTKSZ libc::MINSIGSTKSZ.max(dynamic_sigstksz as _) } /// Not all OS support hardware where this is needed. #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))] fn min_sigstack_size() -> usize { libc::MINSIGSTKSZ } </ins>