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Feature #6216

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SystemStackError backtraces should not be reduced to one line

Added by postmodern (Hal Brodigan) over 12 years ago. Updated over 10 years ago.

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Assignee:
ko1 (Koichi Sasada)
Target version:
2.6
[ruby-core:43794]

Description

When debugging "SystemStackError: stack level too deep" exceptions, it is not helpful that the backtrace is reduced to one single line. Most of the time Ruby incorrectly identifies where cycles begin, resulting in an unrelated "file:line" as the backtrace. A more useful behaviour would be to print the last 30 lines of the backtrace, and have the developer identify which "file:line" is causing the cycle. This is similar to how JRuby handles SystemStackError backtraces.

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stack-overflow.patch (630 Bytes) stack-overflow.patch compute full backtrace on SystemStackError drkaes (Stefan Kaes), 04/14/2013 03:36 PM

Related issues 1 (0 open — 1 closed)

Has duplicate Ruby master - Feature #9805: Backtrace for SystemStackErrorClosed05/05/2014Actions
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 #1 [ruby-core:43796]

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Could you be more descriptive, please? Comparing outputs from Ruby and JRuby, for example.

Matz.

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 #2 [ruby-core:43833]

Updated by postmodern (Hal Brodigan) over 12 years ago

Ruby 1.9.3:

  /home/hal/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/support/equalizer.rb:32: stack level too deep (SystemStackError)

JRuby 1.6.6:

  SystemStackError: stack level too deep
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351
             to_ary at /vault/1/code/ronin/ronin/lib/ronin/email_address.rb:259
              Array at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:327
  target_conditions at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/query.rb:56
       source_scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:89
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:156
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:114
              scope at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/repository.rb:113
          query_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/relationship.rb:153
       resource_for at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:107
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/associations/many_to_one.rb:191
          lazy_load at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:23
                get at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/resource/persistence_state/persisted.rb:8
          user_name at /home/hal/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.6.6/gems/dm-core-1.2.0/lib/dm-core/model/relationship.rb:351

Formatting of the method-name, file, line-number aside, JRuby does not attempt to compact repeats within the backtrace.

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 #3 [ruby-core:44168]

Updated by postmodern (Hal Brodigan) over 12 years ago

If it wasn't clear from the above example, Ruby 1.9.3 returns a backtrace pointing to a line of code in dm-core which has nothing to do with the bug. The actual bug is revealed in the full JRuby backtrace where one can see dm-core calling back into Ronin::EmailAddress#to_ary, causing the infinite recursion.

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 #4 [ruby-core:48371]

Updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada) about 12 years ago

  • Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
  • Target version changed from 2.0.0 to 2.6

Matz, could you reply to it?

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 #5 [ruby-core:48619]

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Assigned
  • Assignee changed from matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) to ko1 (Koichi Sasada)

I don't feel I exactly understand the situation, since the specified line in CRuby backtrace does not appear in JRuby's.
That might mean avoiding backtrace truncation has no meaning, or CRuby could have yet another bug.

Do you have any opinion, ko1?

Matz.

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 #6 [ruby-core:48686]

Updated by headius (Charles Nutter) about 12 years ago

Some details on the JRuby side of things:

  • SystemStackError is not consistently raised. There are a decreasing number of places in JRuby's codebase where we attempt to rescue Java's StackOverflowError and reraise it as SystemStackError. Largely, this is because at the point where we catch a StackOverflow, there may not be sufficient stack available to construct the Ruby exception. So you can't expect to always get SystemStackError in JRuby.

  • SystemStackError is an unrecoverable error in any runtime. It can happen at very odd times, including during native bits of MRI, exception handling or ensure blocks, and so on. In general, we treat a stack overflow as a fatal error case.

  • JRuby in general will just allow the Java StackOverflowError to propagate as-is. You can catch the Java exception using JRuby's Java integration, but as mentioned above stack errors are generally unrecoverable.

  • The JVM (Hotspot, at least) only returns a subset of any deep stack trace, even for non-overflow cases. This is the main reason for the truncated backtrace.

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 #7 [ruby-core:54261]

Updated by drkaes (Stefan Kaes) over 11 years ago

It seems to me that a full backtrace can safely be generated (patch against trunk attached).

The one line backtrace behavior was introduced with this patch: https://github.com/shyouhei/ruby/commit/ecd11fb371b5f4a00d0b0006b325de3c5437b8d2

It avoids the crashing call

   rb_funcall(info, rb_intern("backtrace"), 0),

which is performed when one calls get_backtrace(mesg), defined in eval_error.c.

On the other hand, rb_make_backtrace() will not grow the stack, as far as I can tell.

I've tested the patch with ruby trunk and 1.9.3-p392.

The reason I came here is that we were bitten by a SystemStackError in production, which we couldn't reproduce, and the one line information wasn't enough to debug the issue.

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 #8 [ruby-core:54432]

Updated by drkaes (Stefan Kaes) over 11 years ago

It has been pointed out to me that the patched ruby will likely crash when the patched code run on a sigaltstack.

I'm working to sort this out.

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 #9 [ruby-core:56798]

Updated by thedarkone (Vit Z) over 11 years ago

I'm not sure @matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)/@ko1 understood what @postmodern (Hal Brodigan) was trying to describe.

Given an overlfow.rb ruby program:

200.times do |i|
  eval <<-RUBY_EVAL, nil, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
    def foo_#{i}(&block)
      foo_#{i+1}(&block)
    end
  RUBY_EVAL

  def foo_200
    yield
  end
end

def bar
  foo_0 { bar }
end

bar

When run on ruby 2.0, this is the output:

vit@localhost ~> ruby -v overflow.rb
ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.2.0]
overflow.rb:4: stack level too deep (SystemStackError)

As can be seen, only a single line of backtrace data is provided, thus the only thing that is known - is the stack was blown while executing a foo_x method, but none of the foo_x methods are recursive (the real culprit is the bar method). Debugging an error like that is nigh impossible on Ruby 2.0.

Contrast this with other VMs:

rbx:

vit@localhost ~> ruby -v overflow.rb
rubinius 2.0.0.rc1 (1.9.3 release yyyy-mm-dd JI) [x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0]
An exception occurred running overflow.rb
    SystemStackError (SystemStackError)

Backtrace:
                    Object#foo_141 at overflow.rb:7
                    Object#foo_140 at overflow.rb:8
                    Object#foo_139 at overflow.rb:8
                          [ snip ... ]
                    Object#foo_1 at overflow.rb:8
                    Object#foo_0 at overflow.rb:8
                      Object#bar at overflow.rb:14
               Object#__script__ at overflow.rb:17
Rubinius::CodeLoader#load_script at kernel/delta/codeloader.rb:68
Rubinius::CodeLoader.load_script at kernel/delta/codeloader.rb:119
         Rubinius::Loader#script at kernel/loader.rb:620
           Rubinius::Loader#main at kernel/loader.rb:821

MRI 1.8:

vit@localhost ~> ruby -v overflow.rb
ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 MBARI 8/0x6770 on patchlevel 358) [i686-darwin12.2.0], MBARI 0x6770, Ruby Enterprise Edition 2012.02
overflow.rb:4:in `foo_44': stack level too deep (SystemStackError)
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_43'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_42'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_41'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_40'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_39'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_38'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_37'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_36'
	 ... 5312 levels...
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_1'
	from overflow.rb:4:in `foo_0'
	from overflow.rb:14:in `bar'
	from overflow.rb:17
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 #10 [ruby-core:62412]

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 10 years ago

  • Has duplicate Feature #9805: Backtrace for SystemStackError added
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 #12 [ruby-core:63280]

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset r46502.

Backtrace for SystemStackError

  • eval.c (setup_exception): set backtrace in system stack error
    other than the pre-allocated sysstack_error. [Feature #6216]
  • proc.c (Init_Proc): freeze the pre-allocated sysstack_error.
  • vm_insnhelper.c (vm_stackoverflow): raise new instance for each
    times without calling any methods to keep the backtrace with no
    further stack overflow.
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 #13 [ruby-core:63377]

Updated by ccutrer (Cody Cutrer) over 10 years ago

I can confirm that this is working on current master, but with one problem - if the exception is ever rescued and then re-raised (even with just a plain raise, not raise e or anything), the backtrace is reset to where it's re-raised from. I'm forced to comment out the entire rescue block for each one to find the true source

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 #14 [ruby-core:63446]

Updated by ccutrer (Cody Cutrer) over 10 years ago

... and fixed in my testing today

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