Re: *** buffer overflow detected ***: [...]/bin/lilypond terminated

[Knut Petersen]

Am 30.11.2017 um 12:47 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Sounds like the problem in this particular case happens when calling
> Ghostscript.
Yes. From strace output:

[...]
26820 write(2, "Konvertierung nach >>tmplily.pdf"..., 38) = 38
[...]
26820 clone(child_stack=NULL, 
flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, 
child_tidptr=0x7f6473a33a10) = 26821
[...]
26821 execve("/bin/sh", ["/bin/sh", "/home/knut/bin/gs", "-q", "-dNOSAFER", "-dEPSCrop", "-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4", "-dNOPAUSE", 
"-dBATCH", "-r1200", "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite", "-dAutoRotatePages=/None", "-sOutputFile=tmplily.pdf", "-c.setpdfwrite", "-ftmplily.eps"], [...]) = 0
26820 <... read resumed> "", 8)         = 0
26820 close(1027 <unfinished ...>
26821 brk(NULL)                         = 0x55bbcd041000
26820 <... close resumed> )             = 0
26821 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0 
<unfinished ...>
26820 open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK <unfinished ...>
26821 <... mmap resumed> )              = 0x7ff0e6394000
26820 <... open resumed> )              = 1027
26821 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK <unfinished ...>
26820 writev(1027, [{iov_base="*** ", iov_len=4}, {iov_base="buffer overflow detected", iov_len=24}, 
{iov_base=" ***: ", iov_len=6}, {iov_base="/home/knut/sources/lilybuilt/bin"..., iov_len=41}, {iov_base=" 
terminated\n", iov_len=12}], 5 <unfinished ...>
26821 <... access resumed> )            = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[...]
26820 --- SIGABRT {si_signo=SIGABRT, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=26820, 
si_uid=1000} ---

I'll start gdb to find the exact place of the problem.
> > Part of the problem is that lualatex keeps all pdf files that are include via 
> > \includegraphics open, so reaching 1023 open files is possible.
> > xelatex behaves differently - it does not keep files included by 
> > \includegraphics open.
> That sounds like something that would be worth reporting to the LuaTeX
> developers.

Yes.

Knut