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zwrite core dump

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Carr)
Fri Dec 14 10:25:50 1990

To: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, bug-zephyr@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 10:25:27 EST
From: John Carr <jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>


zwrite dumped core on me, apparently due to a corrupt malloc pool.  This is
repeatable on my workstation only.  It looks like a null character was
written over the high byte of the malloc "next block" pointer, causing the
pointer to point at the text segment.

% adb /source/../build/rt/athena/athena.lib/zephyr/clients/zwrite/zwrite core.zwrite
adb version of 1990-12-12 1:18 (Achates).
$
no process
exception stack(2):
        stc     r0,0xc7fc [0xef]                _._doscan+0xcc [.oVncs+0xef]
        stc     r11,0xc7fd [0x7]                _._doscan+0xcd [.oVncs+0x7]
memory fault
stack 0x1fffc800 -> 0x1fffa000
data  0x10000000 -> 0x1fffc800
p1lr  0x1fff4
p1br  0xe13cb000
p0lr  0x50
p0br  0xe144a800
error 0x30000
icscs 0xe870010                 [gt]
iar   0x13f82   _.malloc+0xf2
mq    0
r15   0x5346    ZCheckIfNotice.+0x6e
r14   0x10003b5c                _malloc
r13   0x10008f8c                _buf+0x3184
r12   -0x4
r11   0x7
r10   0x239     .oVncs+0x239
r9    0x1fffb020
r8    0x10000c90                _ZSendPacket+0x24
r7    0x1fffb67c
r6    0x1fffb198
r5    0x64
r4    -0x1
r3    0x1fffb02c
r2    0xc800    _._doscan+0xd0
r1    0x1fffae6c
r0    0xef      .oVncs+0xef
exception stack(2):
        stc     r0,0xc7fc [0xef]                _._doscan+0xcc [.oVncs+0xef]
        stc     r11,0xc7fd [0x7]                _._doscan+0xcd [.oVncs+0x7]
_.malloc+0xf2:  lm    r10,0(r1)
$c
_.malloc(r2=0x0000c800)  from ZCheckIfNotice.+0x66
ZCheckIfNotice.(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff,
        r5=0x00000064)  from _.ZSendPacket+0x16a
_.ZSendPacket(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff)  from _.Z_XmitFragment+0x10
_.Z_XmitFragment(r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff, r5=0x00000064,
        r5=0x00000064)  from _.Z_SendFragmentedNotice+0x104
_.Z_SendFragmentedNotice(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff)  from _.ZSrvSendNotice+0x50
_.ZSrvSendNotice(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff)  from _.ZSendNotice+0x12
_.ZSendNotice(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c)  from _.send_off+0xac
_.send_off(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c)  from _.main+0x846
_.main(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c)  from start+0x2e
start(r2=0x0000c800, r3=0x1fffb02c, r4=0xffffffff)


This is the text that causes it to crash.  If anyone can answer the
question I'd like that too.

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xdvi wants more fonts...any idea where I can find the fonts that go with
these warnings?

Can't find font t-ita; using cmr10 instead at 270 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 240 dpi
Can't find font c-med; using cmr10 instead at 270 dpi
Can't find font c-med; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
Can't find font t-ita; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 150 dpi
Can't find font t-bol; using cmr10 instead at 360 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 360 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 270 dpi
Can't find font t-romsc; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
Can't find font t-obl; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
Can't find font t-bol; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
Can't find font t-bol; using cmr10 instead at 420 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 420 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 750 dpi
Can't find font t-rom; using cmr10 instead at 300 dpi
.
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