Thanks very much! I'll let the sage guys know. Don't know if they'll
find more segfaults or not....

Bill.

On 5 September 2010 08:41, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll do a release now
>
> Jason
>
> On Sunday 05 September 2010 01:59:41 Bill Hart wrote:
>> This fix also fixed a segfault Fredrik found coincidentally at the same
>> time.
>>
>> Can we do a quick 2.1.1 release for this? I think nothing more is
>> required than to do a version change, tarball and upload to the
>> website. It passes make check on my machine with this patch, and given
>> that it is pure C and fixed the problem, and a well understood patch,
>> I think a fairly good candidate for a quick release.
>>
>> Bill.
>>
>> On 4 September 2010 17:29, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Commited to mpir-2.1 and trunk . I should add a test case , was it when
>> > dn==nn , although I couldn't get the K8 to fail.
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> > On Saturday 04 September 2010 16:47:21 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >> OK, I think the following patch to mpn/generic/divexact.c fixes this
>> >> issue:
>> >>
>> >> wbh...@selmer:~/mpir-2.1.1/mpn/generic$ diff divexact.c divexact.old
>> >> 131,141c131,138
>> >> <     if (qn)
>> >> <     {
>> >> <        inv = TMP_ALLOC_LIMBS(dn);
>> >> <        mpn_invert(inv, dp, dn);
>> >> <        cy = mpn_inv_divappr_q(qp, n2p, nn, dp, dn, inv);
>> >> <        if (!extend) qp[qn] = cy;
>> >> <
>> >> <        if ((qp[0] & 1) + q_even != 1) /* quotient is out by 1 */
>> >> <           mpn_sub_1(qp, qp, qn + 1, 1);
>> >> <     } else
>> >> <        qp[0] = 1; // as dp is normalised, exact division means qp = 1
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >> >     inv = TMP_ALLOC_LIMBS(dn);
>> >> >     mpn_invert(inv, dp, dn);
>> >> >     cy = mpn_inv_divappr_q(qp, n2p, nn, dp, dn, inv);
>> >> >     if (!extend) qp[qn] = cy;
>> >> >
>> >> >     if ((qp[0] & 1) + q_even != 1) /* quotient is out by 1 */
>> >> >
>> >> >        mpn_sub_1(qp, qp, qn + 1, 1);
>> >>
>> >> I don't seem to have an mpir svn setup at the moment. If someone could
>> >> commit this and test, I'd be grateful.
>> >>
>> >> I don't see a reason to change the requirement that nn > dn, just that
>> >> this requirement is respected by divexact, which it wasn't doing.
>> >>
>> >> Bill.
>> >>
>> >> On 4 September 2010 13:53, Bill Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Ah, thanks for making progress with it. I'll see if I can chase it
>> >> > through given what you've found.
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 4 September 2010 13:43, Jason <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> On Saturday 04 September 2010 12:54:33 Jason wrote:
>> >> >>> I can reproduce this error on boxen , which has gcc-4.2.4
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> ./configure --enable-assert --build=core2-unknown-linux-gnu
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> and just run the test case to get an assertion failure , therefore
>> >> >>> this looks like a real error , although I could not the failure
>> >> >>> when I copied the core param into the K8 directory and changed
>> >> >>> cflags , so I think this also depends on which HAVE_NATIVE
>> >> >>> functions are availible
>> >> >>
>> >> >> No , if I put the core2 params in the k8 directory and build on a k8
>> >> >> , I get the error(must of done something daft before).
>> >> >> The error happens when mpn_divexact (which can accept denom limbs dn
>> >> >> <= numer limbs nn) calls mpn_inv_divapprox_q (which requires just <)
>> >> >> . With the k8 thresholds it reduces that case properly , but with
>> >> >> core2 params it does not. It's possible that the k8 params could
>> >> >> also produce this error as it just have to find the right input
>> >> >> size.
>> >> >> Unfortunately I'm not at all familiar with the code , I only roughly
>> >> >> know the algorithm.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> On Saturday 04 September 2010 11:36:35 Jason wrote:
>> >> >>> > On Saturday 04 September 2010 11:09:23 Jason wrote:
>> >> >>> > > The problem is that the gmp-mparam.h for core2 and nehalem have
>> >> >>> > > some bad values in , when I replaced it with the k8 version  it
>> >> >>> > > was OK. I have to narrow down which values seem to be bad
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Actually thats not true , the values could be good , its just that
>> >> >>> > it follows a different code path. Building with --enabel-assert
>> >> >>> > we get this assertion failure when we run the code
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > inv_divappr_q.c:46: GNU MP assertion failed: nn > dn
>> >> >>> > Aborted
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > > Jason
>> >> >>> > >
>> >> >>> > > On Saturday 04 September 2010 10:18:05 Jason wrote:
>> >> >>> > > > Hi
>> >> >>> > > >
>> >> >>> > > > I can reproduce this error , I'm using gcc 4.4.4 , but only if
>> >> >>> > > > I do a build for core2 or nehalem , the k8 build is OK , so
>> >> >>> > > > perhaps it's the CFLAGS=- march=core2 that causes it? I'll
>> >> >>> > > > change the flags and see if that makes a difference
>> >> >>> > > >
>> >> >>> > > > Jason
>> >> >>> > > >
>> >> >>> > > > On Friday 03 September 2010 23:49:14 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >> >>> > > > > On 3 September 2010 23:44, Bill Hart
>> >> >>> > > > > <[email protected]>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > wrote:
>> >> >>> > > > > > Hi Jeroen,
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > I've tried a variety of things to replicate this bug,
>> >> >>> > > > > > including valgrinding with symbols on in MPIR and various
>> >> >>> > > > > > compiler optimisation flags, but at least on my machine, I
>> >> >>> > > > > > can't replicate it.
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > If you have time, could you possibly help by taking the
>> >> >>> > > > > > following steps:
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > 1) Download a fresh copy of MPIR 2.1.1 from our website:
>> >> >>> > > > > > http://www.mpir.org/ 2) Run ./configure; make; make check
>> >> >>> > > > > > to verify that the library
>> >> >>> > > > > > appears to compile OK on your machine (you could also try
>> >> >>> > > > > > building your program against this clean library again if
>> >> >>> > > > > > you haven't already done this)
>> >> >>> > > > > > 3) Run ./configure again until about 30 lines are showing.
>> >> >>> > > > > > You'll see something like
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > >       CFLAGS="-O2 -m64 -march=k8 -mtune=k8"
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > which will be indented (the string on your machine will be
>> >> >>> > > > > > different). Copy the string that shows and alter the -O2
>> >> >>> > > > > > (or whatever you have) to -g, and pass to ./configure,
>> >> >>> > > > > > e.g..: ./configure CFLAGS="-g -m64 -march=k8 -mtune=k8"
>> >> >>> > > > > > 4) do
>> >> >>> > > > > > make clean
>> >> >>> > > > > > make
>> >> >>> > > > > > 5) build your program against MPIR (to prevent it picking
>> >> >>> > > > > > up a stray copy elsewhere, use -static when linking --
>> >> >>> > > > > > the library being in the .libs directory, the .h file in
>> >> >>> > > > > > the top level directory of the MPIR source tree -- you'll
>> >> >>> > > > > > have to set the -I and -L flags to gcc accordingly), e.g.
>> >> >>> > > > > > I put the program in the top level mpir source directory
>> >> >>> > > > > > and used: gcc -O2 mpirtest.c -o mpirtest -I. -L../.libs
>> >> >>> > > > > > -lmpir -static
>> >> >>> > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > Sorry, that should read:
>> >> >>> > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > gcc -O2 mpirtest.c -o mpirtest -I. -L.libs -lmpir -static
>> >> >>> > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > 6) If you have valgrind installed on your machine, type:
>> >> >>> > > > > > valgrind ./mpirtest
>> >> >>> > > > > > and report to us the output. If not, a gdb backtrace, as
>> >> >>> > > > > > you gave, may be sufficient.
>> >> >>> > > > > > 7) If you have access to any other version of gcc on the
>> >> >>> > > > > > same machine, it would also be useful to know if the same
>> >> >>> > > > > > bug occurs with that version of gcc.
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > This *may* be a compiler bug, but at this stage we have to
>> >> >>> > > > > > assume it is more likely a bug in our code within MPIR.
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > Bill.
>> >> >>> > > > > >
>> >> >>> > > > > > On 3 September 2010 22:10, Jeroen Demeyer
>> >> >>> > > > > > <[email protected]>
>> >> >>> > >
>> >> >>> > > wrote:
>> >> >>> > > > > >> Hello mpir-devel,
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> I think I found a bug in MPIR 2.1.1 in mpz_divexact() (or
>> >> >>> > > > > >> I'm doing something something very stupid).  Running the
>> >> >>> > > > > >> following program gives a Segmentation Fault:
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #include <mpir.h>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> int main()
>> >> >>> > > > > >> {
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    mpz_t Z, R;
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    mpz_init(Z);
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    mpz_init(R);
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    mpz_ui_pow_ui(Z, 10, 100000);
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    mpz_divexact(R, Z, Z);
>> >> >>> > > > > >>    return 0;
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> }
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> gdb backtrace:
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> >> >>> > > > > >> 0x00007fa2f2b5245d in mpn_submul_1 () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> (gdb) bt
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #0  0x00007fa2f2b5245d in mpn_submul_1 () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #1  0x00007fa2f2b73e72 in __gmpn_sb_divappr_q () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #2  0x00007fa2f2b812f2 in __gmpn_inv_divappr_q () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #3  0x00007fa2f2b88765 in __gmpn_divexact () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #4  0x00007fa2f2b3fb4b in __gmpz_divexact () from
>> >> >>> > > > > >> /usr/local/src/pari/local/lib/libmpir.so.8
>> >> >>> > > > > >> #5  0x0000000000400741 in main () at mpirtest.c:8
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> My system is:
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> $ uname -a
>> >> >>> > > > > >> Linux arcanis 2.6.32-gentoo-r7 #5 SMP Thu Jun 10 23:07:26
>> >> >>> > > > > >> CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 @
>> >> >>> > > > > >> 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> $ ./config.guess
>> >> >>> > > > > >> core2-unknown-linux-gnu
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> $ gcc --version
>> >> >>> > > > > >> gcc-4.4.3 (Gentoo 4.4.3-r2 p1.2) 4.4.3
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> This is with MPIR 2.1.1 configured with ./configure
>> >> >>> > > > > >> --enable-gmpcompat
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> This bug was found thanks to Sage (see
>> >> >>> > > > > >> http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/9837)
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
>> >> >>> > > > > >> Jeroen Demeyer.
>> >> >>> > > > > >>
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