bug#17651: 24.3.91; Emacs hangs in Org

[Sebastien Vauban]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com>
>> Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 11:26:33 +0200
>> 
>> Emacs 24.3.91.1 (of 2014-05-12) regularly hangs with Org-mode version
>> 8.2.6 (release_8.2.6-1010-g1ca86f).
>
> Can you try using Emacs 24.3.91 with the bundled version of Org?  Our
> attention at this time is mostly to the pretest code base, so it's
> important to know whether this problem is present there.

OK, I understand.

> Also, typing "finish" repeatedly should reveal in which function is
> Emacs looping.

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(gdb) xbacktrace
"org-element--cache-compare" (0x8872f8)
"avl-tree--do-delete" (0x887628)
"avl-tree-delete" (0x8878b0)
"org-element--cache-remove" (0x887ab0)
"cond" (0x8878d0)

Breakpoint 1, terminate_due_to_signal (sig=22, backtrace_limit=2147483647)
    at ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c:351
351     ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c: No such file or directory.
The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.
(gdb) Evaluation of the expression containing the function
(backtrace_function) will be abandoned.
When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop.

"aref" (0x887ea4)
"while" (0x887ff4)
"let" (0x8881a4)
"while" (0x8882f4)
"let" (0x8884a4)
"catch" (0x888614)
"progn" (0x888724)
"if" (0x888834)
"catch" (0x8889a4)
"org-element--cache-process-request" (0x888aa0)
"or" (0x888cb4)
"while" (0x888e04)
"catch" (0x888f74)
"let" (0x889124)
"save-current-buffer" (0x889264)
"progn" (0x889374)
"if" (0x889484)
"org-element--cache-sync" (0x889580)
"progn" (0x889794)
"unwind-protect" (0x8898a4)
"let" (0x889a54)
"let" (0x889c04)
"org-element--cache-before-change" (0x889e54)
"replace-match" (0x88a0e0)
"let" (0x88a2d4)
"or" (0x88a3e4)
"progn" (0x88a4f4)
"if" (0x88a604)
"progn" (0x88a714)
"if" (0x88a824)
"let*" (0x88a994)
"cond" (0x88aae4)
"org-table-justify-field-maybe" (0x88abe0)
"while" (0x88ae34)
"let*" (0x88afa4)
"if" (0x88b0e4)
"org-table-eval-formula" (0x88b1e0)
"if" (0x88b434)
"while" (0x88b584)
"if" (0x88b6c4)
"while" (0x88b814)
"let*" (0x88b984)
"if" (0x88bac4)
"org-table-recalculate" (0x88bbc0)
0x6dcfc48 Lisp type 6
"funcall" (0x88be60)
"save-excursion" (0x88c024)
"progn" (0x88c134)
"if" (0x88c244)
"while" (0x88c394)
"save-restriction" (0x88c4d4)
"save-excursion" (0x88c614)
"org-table-map-tables" (0x88c710)
"while" (0x88c964)
"catch" (0x88cad4)
"save-restriction" (0x88cc14)
"save-excursion" (0x88cd54)
"let*" (0x88cec4)
"org-table-iterate-buffer-tables" (0x88cfc0)
"let" (0x88d264)
"progn" (0x88d374)
"if" (0x88d484)
"leuven-org-update-buffer" (0x88d69c)
"run-hooks" (0x88d758)
0x12b0d48 PVEC_COMPILED
"funcall" (0x88da70)
"basic-save-buffer" (0x88df30)
"save-buffer" (0x88e24c)
0x12b1318 PVEC_COMPILED
"map-y-or-n-p" (0x88e904)
"save-some-buffers" (0x88ec3c)
"save-buffers-kill-emacs" (0x88ef8c)
"save-buffers-kill-terminal" (0x88f2f4)
"call-interactively" (0x88f520)
"command-execute" (0x88f84c)
(gdb)

Breakpoint 1, terminate_due_to_signal (sig=22, backtrace_limit=2147483647)
    at ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c:351
351     in ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c
(gdb) The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.
Evaluation of the expression containing the function
(backtrace_function) will be abandoned.
When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop.

"avl-tree--do-delete" (0x8872f8)
"avl-tree--do-delete" (0x887628)
"avl-tree-delete" (0x8878b0)
"org-element--cache-remove" (0x887ab0)
"cond" (0x887d04)
"let" (0x887eb4)
"if" (0x887ff4)
"let" (0x8881a4)
"while" (0x8882f4)
"let" (0x8884a4)
"catch" (0x888614)
"progn" (0x888724)
"if" (0x888834)
"catch" (0x8889a4)
"org-element--cache-process-request" (0x888aa0)
"or" (0x888cb4)
"while" (0x888e04)
"catch" (0x888f74)
"let" (0x889124)
"save-current-buffer" (0x889264)
"progn" (0x889374)
"if" (0x889484)
"org-element--cache-sync" (0x889580)
"progn" (0x889794)
"unwind-protect" (0x8898a4)
"let" (0x889a54)
"let" (0x889c04)
"org-element--cache-before-change" (0x889e54)
"replace-match" (0x88a0e0)
"let" (0x88a2d4)
"or" (0x88a3e4)
"progn" (0x88a4f4)
"if" (0x88a604)
"progn" (0x88a714)
"if" (0x88a824)
"let*" (0x88a994)
"cond" (0x88aae4)
"org-table-justify-field-maybe" (0x88abe0)
"while" (0x88ae34)
"let*" (0x88afa4)
"if" (0x88b0e4)
"org-table-eval-formula" (0x88b1e0)
"if" (0x88b434)
"while" (0x88b584)
"if" (0x88b6c4)
"while" (0x88b814)
"let*" (0x88b984)
"if" (0x88bac4)
"org-table-recalculate" (0x88bbc0)
0x6dcfc48 Lisp type 6
"funcall" (0x88be60)
"save-excursion" (0x88c024)
"progn" (0x88c134)
"if" (0x88c244)
"while" (0x88c394)
"save-restriction" (0x88c4d4)
"save-excursion" (0x88c614)
"org-table-map-tables" (0x88c710)
"while" (0x88c964)
"catch" (0x88cad4)
"save-restriction" (0x88cc14)
"save-excursion" (0x88cd54)
"let*" (0x88cec4)
"org-table-iterate-buffer-tables" (0x88cfc0)
"let" (0x88d264)
"progn" (0x88d374)
"if" (0x88d484)
"leuven-org-update-buffer" (0x88d69c)
"run-hooks" (0x88d758)
0x12b0d48 PVEC_COMPILED
"funcall" (0x88da70)
"basic-save-buffer" (0x88df30)
"save-buffer" (0x88e24c)
0x12b1318 PVEC_COMPILED
"map-y-or-n-p" (0x88e904)
"save-some-buffers" (0x88ec3c)
"save-buffers-kill-emacs" (0x88ef8c)
"save-buffers-kill-terminal" (0x88f2f4)
"call-interactively" (0x88f520)
"command-execute" (0x88f84c)
(gdb) finish
Run till exit from #0  terminate_due_to_signal (sig=22,
    backtrace_limit=2147483647) at ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c:351
[Thread 4180.0x13d0 exited with code 0]
[Switching to Thread 4180.0x46c]

Breakpoint 1, terminate_due_to_signal (sig=22, backtrace_limit=2147483647)
    at ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c:351
351     in ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c
(gdb) finish
Run till exit from #0  terminate_due_to_signal (sig=22,
    backtrace_limit=2147483647) at ../../emacs-24.3.91/src/emacs.c:351
[Thread 4180.0xcd4 exited with code 0]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 4180.0xe48]
0x01544790 in _fraghead ()
(gdb) finish
Run till exit from #0  0x01544790 in _fraghead ()
[Thread 4180.0xe48 exited with code 0]
[Thread 4180.0x1144 exited with code 0]
[Thread 4180.0xe10 exited with code 3]
[Thread 4180.0x221c exited with code 3]
[Thread 4180.0x23e4 exited with code 3]
[Inferior 1 (process 4180) exited with code 03]
(gdb)
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Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban