Does that happen when you use the VM from the top of the list here: http://pharo.gforge.inria.fr/ci/vm/pharo/linux/
specifically: http://pharo.gforge.inria.fr/ci/vm/pharo/linux/pharo-linux-stable.zip ? I haven't had the problem since switching to it when loading the config of Seaside 31 on Ubuntu 12.04 Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 wrote > Thanks. > > But my 2nd and 3rd runs crashed, both at > > Smalltalk stack dump: > 0xbf9c4c18 M MethodDictionary(Object)>becomeForward: 0x79299080: a(n) > MethodDictionary > 0xbf9c4c44 M MethodDictionary>grow 0x79299080: a(n) MethodDictionary > 0xbf9c4c5c M MethodDictionary(HashedCollection)>fullCheck 0x79299080: a(n) > MethodDictionary > 0xbf9c4c78 M MethodDictionary>at:put: 0x79299080: a(n) MethodDictionary > > so it is still becomeForward: but while growing a MethodDictionary, which > is a pretty basic operation I guess. > > On 08 Mar 2013, at 15:46, Esteban Lorenzano < > estebanlm@ > > wrote: > >> included :) >> >> On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe < > sven@ > > wrote: >> >>> Hi Esteban, >>> >>> On 08 Mar 2013, at 12:44, Esteban Lorenzano < > estebanlm@ > > wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sven, >>>> >>>> One of the problems we currently have is that all method installation >>>> execute a becomeForward:, which is of course not terrible cleaver... I >>>> tried using the squeak implementation of it and everything looks >>>> working (and it has a small optimization that can help). >>>> >>>> Can you trying the load by installing it? >>>> >>>> CompiledMethod>>#setSourcePointer: srcPointer >>>> "We can't change the trailer of existing method, since it could have a >>>> completely different format. Therefore we need to generate a copy >>>> with new trailer, containing a srcPointer, and then #become it." >>>> | trailer copy start | >>>> >>>> trailer := srcPointer = 0 >>>> ifTrue: [ >>>> "catch the common case of setting the source pointer to >>>> 0 when >>>> already 0" >>>> self sourcePointer = 0 ifTrue: [ ^ self ]. >>>> CompiledMethodTrailer empty ] >>>> ifFalse: [ >>>> CompiledMethodTrailer new sourcePointer: srcPointer ]. >>>> copy := self copyWithTrailerBytes: trailer. >>>> >>>> "ar 3/31/2010: Be a bit more clever since #become: is slow. >>>> If the old and the new trailer have the same size, just replace it." >>>> (self trailer class == trailer class and:[ self size = copy size ]) >>>> ifTrue: [ >>>> start := self endPC + 1. >>>> self replaceFrom: start to: self size with: copy >>>> startingAt: start ] >>>> ifFalse: [ >>>> self becomeForward: copy ]. >>>> >>>> ^self "will be copy if #become was needed" >>>> >>>> this can help in the speed and also can help on the vm crash problem >>>> (even if it is a workaround)... >>>> >>>> Esteban >>> >>> I used the following version >>> >>> CompiledMethod>>#setSourcePointer: srcPointer >>> "We can't change the trailer of existing method, since it could have >>> completely different format. >>> Therefore we need to generate a copy with new trailer, containing >>> scrPointer, and then become it." >>> >>> | trailer copy | >>> trailer := CompiledMethodTrailer new sourcePointer: srcPointer. >>> copy := self copyWithTrailerBytes: trailer. >>> "If possible do a replace in place as an optimization" >>> (self trailer class == trailer class and: [ self size = copy size ]) >>> ifTrue: [ >>> | start | >>> start := self endPC + 1. >>> self replaceFrom: start to: self size with: copy >>> startingAt: start ] >>> ifFalse: [ self becomeForward: copy ]. >>> ^ self >>> >>> And it worked fine. My build completed successfully (1 try only). >>> But it took about as long as before (10 minutes using a Cog based VM). >>> >>> Thanks again for the suggestion, I think we should incorporate that >>> change, no ? >>> >>> The class test is ugly and most probably not necessary in the current >>> image, I would say. >>> >>> Sven >>> >>>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe < > sven@ > > wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 08 Mar 2013, at 11:16, Sven Van Caekenberghe < > sven@ > > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> But I have said this before: the wall clock time of loading a lot of >>>>>> code is actually close to unacceptable - I don't think it is the >>>>>> download or the compilation, but more all the dynamic stuff that >>>>>> happens after that. There should be a way to not do all those updates >>>>>> for each method and move the updates to one big batch update after >>>>>> the load - if that is possible. >>>>> >>>>> To continue my rant (sorry ;-) about the problem with slow code >>>>> loading. >>>>> >>>>> These are some benchmarks on the same machine: >>>>> >>>>> $ ./vm.sh experimental.image eval '[Smalltalk allClassesAndTraits do: >>>>> #compileAll] timeToRun' >>>>> 106532 >>>>> >>>>> $ ./stack/vm.sh experimental.image eval '[Smalltalk >>>>> allClassesAndTraits do: #compileAll] timeToRun' >>>>> 221708 >>>>> >>>>> So it takes like 3 minutes to recompile every method in the system. >>>>> >>>>> How in the hell can it take 40 minutes to load some code (with all >>>>> packages already present in the package-cache (but then again the >>>>> package-cache is only 3.5 Mb, which could be downloaded in seconds)) ? >>>>> >>>>> Sven >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sven Van Caekenberghe >>>>> http://stfx.eu >>>>> Smalltalk is the Red Pill >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/VM-Crashes-tp4675526p4675784.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.