Chris Webb <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > With the following applied, VNC connections and disconnections still work > correctly, so it doesn't horribly break anything, but I can't immediately > confirm whether it will cure the rare segfaults as I haven't yet found a > rapid way of reproducing the crashes other than by waiting for one. Just to follow up on this: the backported patch has cured the vast majority of VNC crashes we've been seeing on 0.10.6, although I've still seen this earlier today: Core was generated by `qemu-kvm -m 512 -smp 1 -uuid d6f2cb13-7421-4baa-a978-eda9bec9d075 -pidfile /var'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [New process 16847] [New process 16855] (gdb) bt #0 0x00007fe42e9c6cb1 in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000000004917e4 in vnc_write (vs=0x31a7f50, data=0x7fffe3a19230, len=2) at vnc.c:323 #2 0x00000000004919bf in vnc_write_u16 (vs=0x7fe2f8cae023, value=<value optimized out>) at vnc.c:1035 #3 0x0000000000491bf3 in vnc_framebuffer_update (vs=0x7fe2f8cae023, x=-475950544, y=2, w=16385, h=1, encoding=6) at vnc.c:286 #4 0x0000000000496660 in send_framebuffer_update (vs=0x7fe2f8cae023, x=-475950544, y=196, w=208, h=1) at vnc.c:598 #5 0x0000000000496f65 in vnc_update_client (opaque=<value optimized out>) at vnc.c:754 #6 0x000000000040822a in main_loop_wait (timeout=<value optimized out>) at /packages/qemu-kvm+vncfix/src-nUlCId/vl.c:1240 #7 0x000000000051753a in kvm_main_loop () at /packages/qemu-kvm+vncfix/src-nUlCId/qemu-kvm.c:596 #8 0x000000000040c8a5 in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>, envp=<value optimized out>) at /packages/qemu-kvm+vncfix/src-nUlCId/vl.c:3850 (gdb) f 1 #1 0x00000000004917e4 in vnc_write (vs=0x31a7f50, data=0x7fffe3a19230, len=2) at vnc.c:323 323 memcpy(buffer->buffer + buffer->offset, data, len); (gdb) f 1 #1 0x00000000004917e4 in vnc_write (vs=0x31a7f50, data=0x7fffe3a19230, len=2) at vnc.c:323 323 memcpy(buffer->buffer + buffer->offset, data, len); (gdb) p *vs $1 = {timer = 0x2b90b20, csock = 18, ds = 0x28a1a20, vd = 0x28b0fc0, need_update = 1, dirty_row = {{0, 0, 0, 0} <repeats 197 times>, {65535, 262128, 0, 0}, {4294967295, 1, 0, 0}, {4294967288, 262143, 0, 0}, {4294443008, 262143, 0, 0}, {131071, 262128, 0, 0}, {4294967295, 1, 0, 0}, {4294967292, 262143, 0, 0}, {4294443008, 262143, 0, 0}, {131071, 262136, 0, 0}, {4294967295, 1, 0, 0}, {4294967292, 262143, 0, 0}, {4294443008, 262143, 0, 0}, { 131071, 262136, 0, 0}, {4294967295, 1, 0, 0}, {4294967292, 262143, 0, 0}, {4294705152, 262143, 0, 0}, {131071, 262136, 0, 0}, {4294967295, 1, 0, 0}, {4294967294, 262143, 0, 0}, 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"\314\351\243\267G\207\002\v\313\363\226\301ZQ\310m", output = {capacity = 2147485644, offset = 18446744071562067987, buffer = 0x7fe378cae010 "H\247BE\311\251\237\305j\200|\344\372\331\232\001\302t`"}, input = {capacity = 5120, offset = 0, buffer = 0x31b0390 "\003\001"}, write_pixels = 0x491830 <vnc_write_pixels_generic>, send_hextile_tile = 0x492db0 <send_hextile_tile_generic_32>, clientds = {flags = 0 '\0', width = 800, height = 600, linesize = 3200, data = 0x7fe40c2ad010 "", pf = {bits_per_pixel = 32 ' ', bytes_per_pixel = 4 '\004', depth = 24 '\030', rmask = 0, gmask = 0, bmask = 0, amask = 0, rshift = 16 '\020', gshift = 8 '\b', bshift = 0 '\0', ashift = 24 '\030', rmax = 255 '\377', gmax = 255 '\377', bmax = 255 '\377', amax = 255 '\377', rbits = 8 '\b', gbits = 8 '\b', bbits = 8 '\b', abits = 8 '\b'}}, serverds = { flags = 2 '\002', width = 800, height = 600, linesize = 3200, data = 0x7fe40c2ad010 "", pf = { bits_per_pixel = 32 ' ', bytes_per_pixel = 4 '\004', depth = 24 '\030', rmask = 16711680, gmask = 65280, bmask = 255, amask = 0, rshift = 16 '\020', gshift = 8 '\b', bshift = 0 '\0', ashift = 24 '\030', rmax = 255 '\377', gmax = 255 '\377', bmax = 255 '\377', amax = 255 '\377', rbits = 8 '\b', gbits = 8 '\b', bbits = 8 '\b', abits = 8 '\b'}}, audio_cap = 0x0, as = {freq = 44100, nchannels = 2, fmt = AUD_FMT_S16, endianness = 0}, read_handler = 0x495a10 <protocol_client_msg>, read_handler_expect = 1, modifiers_state = '\0' <repeats 255 times>, zlib = {capacity = 1920304, offset = 2176, buffer = 0x3680680 "A\271\237"}, zlib_tmp = {capacity = 2147485644, offset = 2147483353, buffer = 0x7fe378cae010 "H\247BE\311\251\237\305j\200|\344\372\331\232\001\302t`"}, zlib_stream = {{ next_in = 0x3680f00 ":\244\215", avail_in = 0, total_in = 15141151424, next_out = 0x7fe3f8cae023 "", avail_out = 1977, total_out = 2112923344, msg = 0x0, state = 0x31b2ed0, zalloc = 0x7fe42f528b90 <zcalloc>, zfree = 0x7fe42f528b80 <zcfree>, opaque = 0x31a7f50, data_type = 0, adler = 1623013286, reserved = 0}, { next_in = 0x0, avail_in = 0, total_in = 0, next_out = 0x0, avail_out = 0, total_out = 0, msg = 0x0, state = 0x0, zalloc = 0, zfree = 0, opaque = 0x0, data_type = 0, adler = 0, reserved = 0}, {next_in = 0x0, avail_in = 0, total_in = 0, next_out = 0x0, avail_out = 0, total_out = 0, msg = 0x0, state = 0x0, zalloc = 0, zfree = 0, opaque = 0x0, data_type = 0, adler = 0, reserved = 0}, {next_in = 0x0, avail_in = 0, total_in = 0, next_out = 0x0, avail_out = 0, total_out = 0, msg = 0x0, state = 0x0, zalloc = 0, zfree = 0, opaque = 0x0, data_type = 0, adler = 0, reserved = 0}}, next = 0x0} Best wishes, Chris. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html