[Rd] R v2.1.1 for Windows and "non-reproducible" crashes
Henrik Bengtsson
hb at maths.lth.se
Mon Jun 27 16:44:37 CEST 2005
Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> R v2.1.1 patched (2005-05-26) for Windows crashes. The sympotoms are
> like "memory leakage". The patched version from two days ago crashes at
> a different position in R CMD check compared to todays version.
Sorry for being unclear; the "R CMD check" refers to R CMD check for my
R.oo package and is just an example.
> A "REPRODUCIBLE" EXAMPLE:
> Unfortunately, I cannot create a minimal code example reproducing the
> crash, but here is at least a simple way to reproduce it:
>
> 1. Make sure you run R v2.1.1 patched
> 2. Start R
> 3. install.packages("R.oo", contriburl="http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")
> [This is a version built with R v2.1.0, because I cannot make the
> package pass R CMD check on v2.1.1 because of the crashes]
> 4. Cut'n'paste the following example from ?Rdoc to the R prompt:
> library(R.oo)
> author <- "Henrik Bengtsson, \url{http://www.braju.com/R/}"
> rdocFile <- system.file("misc", "Exception.R", package="R.oo")
> file.show(rdocFile)
> destPath <- tempdir()
> Rdoc$compile(rdocFile, destPath=destPath)
> rdFiles <- list.files(destPath, full.names=TRUE)
> print(rdFiles)
> file.show(rdFiles[1])
> file.remove(rdFiles)
>
> For me it crashes when it gets to the Rdoc$compile() line and Dr. Mingw
> reports:
>
> Rterm.exe caused an Access Violation at location 7c911e58 in module
> ntdll.dll Reading from location 52474f52.
>
> Registers:
> eax=003efa18 ebx=003e0000 ecx=52474f52 edx=502f3a43 esi=003efa10
> edi=003efa48
> eip=7c911e58 esp=00228c10 ebp=00228c1c iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na
> po nc
> cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000
> efl=00000246
>
> Call stack:
> 7C911E58 ntdll.dll:7C911E58 RtlInitializeCriticalSection
> 7C910D5C ntdll.dll:7C910D5C wcsncpy
> 77C2C2DE msvcrt.dll:77C2C2DE free
> 1004BFB0 R.dll:1004BFB0 do_isseekable
> 1004C051 R.dll:1004C051 con_close
> 1004D33E R.dll:1004D33E do_close
> 100A8E41 R.dll:100A8E41 do_internal
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10085595 R.dll:10085595 Rf_evalList
> 10084993 R.dll:10084993 Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100A9361 R.dll:100A9361 do_internal
> 100A99A5 R.dll:100A99A5 Rf_usemethod
> 100A9E1A R.dll:100A9E1A do_usemethod
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10051EE9 R.dll:10051EE9 Rf_endcontext
> 1008751F R.dll:1008751F Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100A9361 R.dll:100A9361 do_internal
> 100A99A5 R.dll:100A99A5 Rf_usemethod
> 100A9E1A R.dll:100A9E1A do_usemethod
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10084671 R.dll:10084671 Rf_eval
> 1008487C R.dll:1008487C Rf_eval
> 10084671 R.dll:10084671 Rf_eval
> 1008487C R.dll:1008487C Rf_eval
> 10084671 R.dll:10084671 Rf_eval
> 1008487C R.dll:1008487C Rf_eval
> 100852A5 R.dll:100852A5 Rf_evalListKeepMissing
> 100853DD R.dll:100853DD do_return
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10084671 R.dll:10084671 Rf_eval
> 1008487C R.dll:1008487C Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10086A18 R.dll:10086A18 do_for
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100A9361 R.dll:100A9361 do_internal
> 100A99A5 R.dll:100A99A5 Rf_usemethod
> 100A9E1A R.dll:100A9E1A do_usemethod
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10084671 R.dll:10084671 Rf_eval
> 1008487C R.dll:1008487C Rf_eval
> 10085595 R.dll:10085595 Rf_evalList
> 100A8F0F R.dll:100A8F0F do_internal
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10085012 R.dll:10085012 do_eval
> 100A8E41 R.dll:100A8E41 do_internal
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100866A2 R.dll:100866A2 do_while
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10086A18 R.dll:10086A18 do_for
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 10086305 R.dll:10086305 do_set
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 10086A18 R.dll:10086A18 do_for
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100863D5 R.dll:100863D5 do_begin
> 1008494A R.dll:1008494A Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 100875AB R.dll:100875AB Rf_applyClosure
> 100846E0 R.dll:100846E0 Rf_eval
> 1009D5E6 R.dll:1009D5E6 Rf_ReplIteration
> 1009D717 R.dll:1009D717 Rf_ReplIteration
> 1009D997 R.dll:1009D997 run_Rmainloop
> 0040144C Rterm.exe:0040144C
> 004012C5 Rterm.exe:004012C5
> 004016BA Rterm.exe:004016BA
> 004011E7 Rterm.exe:004011E7
> 00401238 Rterm.exe:00401238
> 7C816D4F kernel32.dll:7C816D4F RegisterWaitForInputIdle
>
> Sometimes it just give an error about an invalid regular expression;
> then rerun the line for it to crash, e.g.
>
> > Rdoc$compile(rdocFile, destPath=destPath)
> Loading required package: tools
> Error in regexpr(pattern, text, extended, fixed, useBytes) :
> invalid regular expression '^@classhierarchy'
>
> Then redo the Rdoc$compile() line and R will crash.
>
> Also, note that the regular expression pattern in the error report from
> regexpr() about "invalid regular expression '^@alias'" is valid, because
> trying it in R you get
>
> > regexpr("^@classhierarchy", "@classhierarchy")
> [1] 1
> attr(,"match.length")
> [1] 15
>
> I have also received messages about "invalid regular expression ''", but
> I am sure I do not use empty regular expressions anywhere.
>
> I am pretty sure it is not the R.oo package itself, because nothing much
> has changed and the package has passed the R CMD check for many R
> versions including R v2.1.0 patched (2005-05-09). The crashed to not
> occur on the R v2.1.0 patched version.
>
>
> Has anyone else noticed this? Can you reproduce the above, or is it
> just my Windows installation? If I figure out more on this myself, I'll
> get back to you.
>
> My system is Windows XP Pro English SP2 with
>
> > R.Version()
> $platform
> [1] "i386-pc-mingw32"
>
> $arch
> [1] "i386"
>
> $os
> [1] "mingw32"
>
> $system
> [1] "i386, mingw32"
>
> $status
> [1] "Patched"
>
> $major
> [1] "2"
>
> $minor
> [1] "1.1"
>
> $year
> [1] "2005"
>
> $month
> [1] "06"
>
> $day
> [1] "26"
>
> $language
> [1] "R"
>
> Best
>
> Henrik
>
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