Help on compiling PHP for MIPS, Bus Error thrown

[Angel Sánchez <angel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys!

I've been trying to cros-compile PHP for an embedded MIPS device with no
luck, so I decided to build a developing environment inside a virtual
machine with QEMU for developing PHP inside first.

I have been trying different options for configure and all I get is a
Bus Erro 138 when I run the executable. I've seen there is another
thread about this same error and I applied the patches but the error was
still present.

I've tried to debug a little the code to find where the error is. I'm
explaining it right now:

I runned it first under gdb:

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This GDB was configured as "mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) run
Starting program: /build/php-5.3.1/sapi/cli/php
warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file
/usr/lib/libiconv.so.2
starting php right now at main...

Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
0x00a51634 in _zend_mm_alloc_int (heap=0xef92f0, size=14)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_alloc.c:1892
1892                    ZEND_MM_CHECK_BLOCK_LINKAGE(best_fit);
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x00a51634 in _zend_mm_alloc_int (heap=0xef92f0, size=14)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_alloc.c:1892
#1  0x00a53018 in _emalloc (size=14) at
/build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_alloc.c:2295
#2  0x00a8be90 in zend_str_tolower_dup (source=0xe89fa8 "func_num_args",
   length=13) at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_operators.c:1856
#3  0x00a9dcf4 in zend_register_functions (scope=0x0, functions=0xec43d8,
   function_table=0x0, type=1) at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_API.c:1897
#4  0x00a9c57c in zend_register_module_ex (module=0xef9b98)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_API.c:1714
#5  0x00aafdd8 in zend_startup_builtin_functions ()
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c:319
#6  0x00a90bb4 in zend_startup (utility_functions=0x7fd0e9d4,
extensions=0x0)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend.c:696
#7  0x009d6e14 in php_module_startup (sf=0xedb8bc, additional_modules=0x0,
   num_additional_modules=0) at /build/php-5.3.1/main/main.c:1821
#8  0x00bea104 in php_cli_startup (sapi_module=0xedb8bc)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:399
#9  0x00beb610 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fd0ede4)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/sapi/cli/php_cli.c:774
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Then I implemented the macro ZEND_MM_CHECK_BLOCK_LINKAGE in the place
where it was run so I could see which function was creating the error.

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              //ZEND_MM_CHECK_BLOCK_LINKAGE(best_fit);

               printf("crashes before \n");
               int size = (best_fit)->info._size;
               printf("crashes between \n");
               unsigned int size2 = ZEND_MM_FREE_BLOCK_SIZE(best_fit);
               printf("crashes between 2, best_fit: %p size2:
%d\n",best_fit,size2);
               zend_mm_block* bloq = ZEND_MM_BLOCK_AT(best_fit, size2);
               printf("crashes between 3, bloq %p:\n",bloq);
               zend_mm_block* bloque = bloq->info._prev;

               printf("crashes before if\n");
               if ( UNEXPECTED(size != bloque) ||

UNEXPECTED(!UNEXPECTED(ZEND_MM_IS_FIRST_BLOCK(best_fit)) &&
                   UNEXPECTED(ZEND_MM_PREV_BLOCK(best_fit)->info._size
!= (best_fit)->info._prev)) ){
                       zend_mm_panic("zend_mm_heap corrupted");
               }
               zend_mm_remove_from_free_list(heap, best_fit);
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With the modification now the output of the executable is this:
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(gdb) run
Starting program: /build/php-5.3.1/sapi/cli/php
warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file
/usr/lib/libiconv.so.2
starting php right now at main...
crashes before
crashes between
crashes between 2, best_fit: 0x2b458018 size2: 253928
crashes between 3, bloq 0x2b496000:
crashes before if
crashes before
crashes between
crashes between 2, best_fit: 0x2b458028 size2: 1852795251
crashes between 3, bloq 0x99b4e99b:

Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
0x00a516e4 in _zend_mm_alloc_int (heap=0xef92f0, size=14)
   at /build/php-5.3.1/Zend/zend_alloc.c:1905
1905                    zend_mm_block* bloque = bloq->info._prev;

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What it seems is that size2 gets extremely big and then ZEND_MM_BLOCK_AT
returns a very high memory address.
I have tried to trace the source of the error but i can't see where it
starts at all.

Let's see if anyone can help me with this.

Lots of thanks,
Angel

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