src: print backtrace on fatal error #6734

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T09:37:53Z

Print a C backtrace on fatal errors to make it easier to debug issues
like #6727.

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2629/

addaleax · 2016-05-13T10:17:50Z

src/backtrace.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include "src/base/logging.cc"


#include "src/base/logging.h" works too, at least locally for me. Any particular reason for including the source file itself?

And CI is failing on smartos with ld: fatal: symbol 'v8::base::DumpBacktrace()' is multiply-defined: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-smartos/2478/nodes=smartos14-32/console

I included the .cc so it works with shared V8 builds (think Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.,or linking against a .so.)

I'll ifdef out smartos. That user base is a rounding error compared to the aforementioned distros.

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T11:00:05Z

Fix-up: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2630/

addaleax · 2016-05-13T11:01:03Z

LGTM if CI is green

Fishrock123 · 2016-05-13T15:29:55Z

Oh my gosh, +1000

Fishrock123 · 2016-05-13T15:31:07Z

Looks like plinux doesn't like it.

In file included from ../deps/v8/src/base/logging.h:12:0,
                 from ../deps/v8/src/base/logging.cc:5,
                 from ../src/backtrace.cc:7:
../deps/v8/src/base/build_config.h:102:2: error: #error Target architecture was not detected as supported by v8
 #error Target architecture was not detected as supported by v8
  ^
../deps/v8/src/base/build_config.h:140:2: error: #error Unknown target architecture pointer size
 #error Unknown target architecture pointer size
  ^
../deps/v8/src/base/build_config.h:202:2: error: #error Unknown target architecture endianness
 #error Unknown target architecture endianness
  ^
make[2]: *** [/home/iojs/build/workspace/node-test-commit-plinux/nodes/ppcbe-ubuntu1404/out/Release/obj.target/node/src/backtrace.o] Error 1

cjihrig · 2016-05-13T15:31:55Z

LGTM, but yea, was just about to say what @Fishrock123 did.

MylesBorins · 2016-05-13T16:36:05Z

/cc @mhdawson re plinux error

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T16:56:26Z

Different approach that should work on all platforms: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2637/

Fishrock123 · 2016-05-13T17:52:35Z

@bnoordhuis Looks like that failed on smartos:

../src/backtrace_posix.cc
../src/backtrace_posix.cc: In function 'void node::DumpBacktrace(std::FILE*)':
../src/backtrace_posix.cc:20:47: error: invalid conversion from 'const void*' to 'void*' [-fpermissive]
     const bool have_info = dladdr(frame, &info);
                                               ^
In file included from ../src/backtrace_posix.cc:4:0:
/usr/include/dlfcn.h:115:12: error:   initializing argument 1 of 'int dladdr(void*, Dl_info*)' [-fpermissive]
 extern int dladdr(void *, Dl_info *);
            ^
node.target.mk:186: recipe for target '/home/iojs/build/workspace/node-test-commit-smartos/nodes/smartos14-32/out/Release/obj.target/node/src/backtrace_posix.o' failed

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T19:37:14Z

God, smartos is like a time machine back to the '90s. Okay, loosened the const-ness. CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2638/

Fishrock123 · 2016-05-13T20:03:04Z

@bnoordhuis smartos still 🚒

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T20:08:39Z

Looks like something went wrong. Again: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2639/

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-13T20:44:17Z

Finally, green except for flaky parallel/test-debug-port-cluster on freebsd.

cjihrig · 2016-05-16T14:52:09Z

Works on my machine. This might be a silly question, but does the CI actually exercise this at all?

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-16T15:54:04Z

Not intentionally, I don't think. I thought about adding a test but it would be rather anti-social when core dumps are enabled.

cjihrig · 2016-05-16T19:47:19Z

@bnoordhuis I added a minimal test in cjihrig@3ce55fa. The abort tests aren't run anywhere (that I know of, but it would be nice to have at least something that can test it. Thoughts?

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-19T10:17:08Z

@cjihrig Thanks, added to the PR. Anyone wants to take one more quick look?

addaleax · 2016-05-19T10:31:56Z

I guess the test should be skipped on Windows? Other than that still LGTM.

addaleax · 2016-05-19T10:35:19Z

test/abort/test-abort-backtrace.js

+  assert.strictEqual(child.stdout.toString().trim(), '');
+  assert.ok(frames.length > 0);
+  assert.ok(frames.every((frame, i) => {
+    const re = new RegExp(`\w*${i + 1}: .+( \[.+\])?`);


Eh, the RE should probably start with ^\s* and end with $, otherwise the optional parts here are pointless

bnoordhuis · 2016-05-23T10:58:24Z

Updated the test, PTAL. CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2741/

addaleax · 2016-05-23T11:05:08Z

LGTM if CI is green

cjihrig · 2016-05-23T13:04:20Z

LGTM. Seems to be an issue with the CI though.

cjihrig · 2016-05-31T13:57:35Z

New CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/2874/

`python tools/test.py abort` won't work without one. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

The --abort-on-uncaught-exception can terminate the process with either a SIGABRT or a SIGILL signal but the test only expected SIGABRT. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

There is no real need and it causes endless grief on Windows with some of the upcoming changes. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

Print a C backtrace on fatal errors to make it easier to debug issues like #6727. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

Print a C backtrace on fatal errors to make it easier to debug issues. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

This commit adds a test that validates backtraces which are printed on fatal errors. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>

Don't inline calls to node::DumpBacktrace() and fflush(), it makes the generated code bigger. A secondary benefit of moving it to a function is that it gives you something to put a breakpoint on. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

Print a C backtrace on fatal errors to make it easier to debug issues. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

MylesBorins · 2016-07-11T20:22:06Z

@bnoordhuis should this be backported?

bnoordhuis · 2016-07-11T20:26:37Z

Ideally, yes.

MylesBorins · 2016-07-14T18:58:46Z

due to the AIX + compiler failures I'm going to hold off on this change for the v4.5.0 release

@bnoordhuis would you be willing to backport this PR along with #7508, #7544, and any other potential commits that need to land with this?

MylesBorins · 2016-08-30T19:02:19Z

ping @bnoordhuis sorry about the other message. Would you be willing to backport a working version of this as mentioned above

There is no real need and it causes endless grief on Windows with some of the upcoming changes. PR-URL: nodejs#6734 Backport-PR-URL: nodejs#16550 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

There is no real need and it causes endless grief on Windows with some of the upcoming changes. PR-URL: #6734 Backport-PR-URL: #16550 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

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Discussion: Interest in segfault-handler #7059

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test: add testcfg.py to test/abort/

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`python tools/test.py abort` won't work without one. PR-URL: #6734 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

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Propose v6.3.0 (v2) #7550

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