Sporadic EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL) when in 64 bit mode
- by Ger Teunis
For some reason for a low-number of users (say 1 in a few hundred) the application seem to crash when run in 64bit mode on a Snow Leopard 10.6.3
I've attached the code, but please remind IT IS NOT A CODE issue.
The crashed seem to be random in com.apple.AppKit at random locations and random moments.
Anyone else had any experiences?
Using GCC compiler of Xcode 3.2.2
Crash #1 of user
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [90]
Date/Time: 2010-05-02 04:12:59.708 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
objc[232]: alt handlers in objc runtime are buggy!
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff874dd8b7 _objc_fatal + 238
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff874de57c objc_addExceptionHandler + 1026
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff83914212 _CFDoExceptionOperation + 402
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87afc55d _NSAppKitLock + 79
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87bd1f93 +[NSColorList _findColorListNamed:forDeviceType:] + 86
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b9d304 -[NSCatalogColor colorUsingColorSpaceName:device:] + 255
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87c985ad -[NSLayoutManager(NSPrivate) _drawGlyphsForGlyphRange:atPoint:parameters:] + 4764
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87c5d79c -[NSTextView drawRect:] + 1839
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87c5ce2e -[NSTextView _drawRect:clip:] + 2343
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be4485 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1325
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be47ef -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 2199
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be2b57 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 767
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be3a23 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 4555
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87be2678 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 254
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87bdef27 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 2683
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b58777 -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 969
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b53622 _handleWindowNeedsDisplay + 678
24 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff8600fa4d __NSFireTimer + 114
25 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff83908708 __CFRunLoopRun + 6488
26 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff839068df CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 575
27 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff821b5ada RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 333
28 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff821b58df ReceiveNextEventCommon + 310
29 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff821b5798 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 59
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b28a2a _DPSNextEvent + 708
31 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b28379 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 155
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87d37060 -[NSTextView mouseDown:] + 8426
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87c21f1b -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 5409
34 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87b57662 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 4719
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87aee0aa -[NSApplication run] + 474
36 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff87ae6d7c NSApplicationMain + 364
37 com.NZBVortex.NZBVortex 0x0000000100000fe0 start + 52
Crash #2 from same user moments later
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [76]
Date/Time: 2010-05-02 11:59:33.226 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
objc[4360]: alt handlers in objc runtime are buggy!
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8015d8b7 _objc_fatal + 238
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8015e57c objc_addExceptionHandler + 1026
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff85367212 _CFDoExceptionOperation + 402
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff840b5f2f -[NSViewHierarchyLock lockForReadingWithExceptionHandler:] + 478
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff8420753e -[NSConcreteTextStorage _lockForReading] + 243
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff841e1449 -[NSLayoutManager(NSPrivate) _fillGlyphHoleForCharacterRange:startGlyphIndex:desiredNumberOfCharacters:] + 320
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff840e204a _NSFastFillAllGlyphHolesForGlyphRange + 719
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff841e10e2 _NSFastFillAllLayoutHolesUpToEndOfContainerForGlyphIndex + 653
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff841e0c72 -[NSLayoutManager textContainerForGlyphAtIndex:effectiveRange:] + 243
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff840f6786 -[NSLayoutManager glyphRangeForTextContainer:] + 286
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff846664a9 -[NSToolTipStringDrawingLayoutManager _sizeWithSize:attributedString:] + 883
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff84665dad +[NSToolTipStringDrawingLayoutManager sizeForDisplayingAttributedString:] + 354
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff84667292 -[NSToolTipManager displayToolTip:] + 616
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff846657d4 toolTipTimerFired + 114
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8535b708 __CFRunLoopRun + 6488
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff853598df CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 575
16 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff88510ada RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 333
17 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff885108df ReceiveNextEventCommon + 310
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x00007fff88510798 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 59
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff840d1a2a _DPSNextEvent + 708
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff840d1379 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 155
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff8409705b -[NSApplication run] + 395
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff8408fd7c NSApplicationMain + 364
23 com.NZBVortex.NZBVortex 0x0000000100000fe0 start + 52
Weirdly enough the crashes seem to go away for these users when running the code in 32 bit mode.
Any suggestions other then running the application in 32 bit only?
Please do not dilute the feedback by asking for or blaming the code, the code is 100% solid, guaranteed! No memory leaks, the crashes clearly are triggered in 32 bit mode only just after start inside the AppKit itself like deep inside NSThread sleep's callstack.