Since commit 44c7e1a7e0 (mem-pool: use more standard initialization and finalization, 2020-08-15) i get a SIGSEGV in a linux kernel clone with several remotes added: (gdb) set args "fetch" "stable" (gdb) run Starting program: /home/sbodo/usr/bin/git "fetch" "stable" [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7ffff6927700 (LWP 14810)] Thread 1 "git" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. mem_pool_init (pool=0x0, initial_size=initial_size@entry=7031819) at mem-pool.c:40 40 memset(pool, 0, sizeof(*pool)); (gdb) bt #0 mem_pool_init (pool=0x0, initial_size=initial_size@entry=7031819) at mem-pool.c:40 #1 0x00005555556eb954 in load_cache_entries_threaded (ieot=0x555555a9f440, nr_threads=<optimized out>, mmap_size=6375563, mmap=0x7ffff6928000 "DIRC", istate=0x555555a981e0 <the_index>) at read-cache.c:2109 #2 do_read_index (istate=istate@entry=0x555555a981e0 <the_index>, path=path@entry=0x555555a9ed50 ".git/index", must_exist=must_exist@entry=0) at read-cache.c:2229 #3 0x00005555556ef68d in do_read_index (must_exist=0, path=0x555555a9ed50 ".git/index", istate=0x555555a981e0 <the_index>) at cache.h:1152 #4 read_index_from (istate=0x555555a981e0 <the_index>, path=0x555555a9ed50 ".git/index", gitdir=0x555555a9cba0 ".git") at read-cache.c:2296 #5 0x000055555573e4b0 in get_oid_with_context_1 (repo=repo@entry=0x555555a84dc0 <the_repo>, name=name@entry=0x5555557e8a92 ":.gitmodules", flags=flags@entry=0, prefix=prefix@entry=0x0, oid=oid@entry=0x7fffffffd890, oc=oc@entry=0x7fffffffd800) at sha1-name.c:1843 #6 0x000055555573eee3 in get_oid_with_context (oc=0x7fffffffd800, oid=0x7fffffffd890, flags=0, str=0x5555557e8a92 ":.gitmodules", repo=0x555555a84dc0 <the_repo>) at sha1-name.c:1940 #7 repo_get_oid (r=r@entry=0x555555a84dc0 <the_repo>, name=name@entry=0x5555557e8a92 ":.gitmodules", oid=oid@entry=0x7fffffffd890) at sha1-name.c:1596 #8 0x0000555555748a0f in config_from_gitmodules (fn=fn@entry=0x555555748b30 <gitmodules_fetch_config>, repo=0x555555a84dc0 <the_repo>, data=data@entry=0x7fffffffd8f0) at submodule-config.c:650 #9 0x0000555555749cda in config_from_gitmodules (data=0x7fffffffd8f0, repo=<optimized out>, fn=0x555555748b30 <gitmodules_fetch_config>) at submodule-config.c:638 #10 fetch_config_from_gitmodules (max_children=max_children@entry=0x555555a47994 <submodule_fetch_jobs_config>, recurse_submodules=recurse_submodules@entry=0x555555a4798c <recurse_submodules>) at submodule-config.c:796 #11 0x00005555555a92bb in cmd_fetch (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffde20, prefix=0x0) at builtin/fetch.c:1774 #12 0x000055555557232e in run_builtin (argv=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>, p=<optimized out>) at git.c:450 #13 handle_builtin (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at git.c:675 #14 0x00005555555734a5 in run_argv (argv=0x7fffffffdb80, argcp=0x7fffffffdb8c) at git.c:742 #15 cmd_main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at git.c:873 #16 0x0000555555571f48 in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffde18) at common-main.c:52 [System Info] git version: git version 2.28.0.394.ge197136389 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: e19713638985533ce461db072b49112da5bd2042 sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic #46~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 07:21:24 UTC 2020 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 7.5 libc info: glibc: 2.27 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash [Enabled Hooks] post-commit post-checkout post-merge post-rewrite It appears that i have "index.threads" set to "true" in my config. Once i set it to false the segfault goes away. br Sandor