qemu-m68k: python runtime failures, "The futex facility returned an unexpected error code."
Host environment
- Operating system: Gentoo Linux
- OS/kernel version:
Linux demeter 5.15.29-gentoo-dist #1 SMP Wed Mar 16 15:33:52 -00 2022 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
- QEMU flavor: qemu-m68k (i.e. usermode emulation)
- QEMU version: 6.2.0
Emulated/Virtualized environment
- Operating system: Gentoo Linux
- Architecture: m68k
Description of problem
The python interpreter (both Python 3.9 and Python 3.10) crashes during a rebuild of Python itself (fairly reproducible but not always at the same point of the build; using MAKEOPTS=-j1 or running under high system load decreases the probability, as does using the qemu -systrace switch). The output is
The futex facility returned an unexpected error code.
Digging into glibc sources, this error together with an abort occurs when the return value of a futex call is not in a short list of allowed values, see nptl/futex-internal.c
and sysdeps/nptl/futex-internal.h
.
Running qemu with QEMU_STRACE=1 decreases the probability of the error greatly, but after some attempts I was able to get a log. Several threads seem to write at the same time, leading to rather garbled output, but my interpretation is an error value of "Invalid argument".
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001) = 989882672
116876 116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001)get_thread_area(0x00000018) = 989882672
= 1065219744
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 1065219744
116876 futex(0x3f5003fa,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAIT116876 ,2,116876 NULL,0x3fffda10,get_thread_area(0xffffffff) = 1065219744
futex(0x3f5003fa,1073732112)FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAIT = ,2,NULL,-1 errno=22 (Invalid argument)116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000)
= 1065219744
0x3fffda10,116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000)1073732112 = )1065219744
116876 futex(0x3f7d4c34,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAKE,1,NULL,NULL, = 0)-1 errno=22 (Invalid argument)
= 0
= 116876 get_thread_area(0x3f7d4c34)1 =
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 1065219744
926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000016) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 1065219744
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 1065219744
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001)116876 = futex(116876 0x3f5003fa,get_thread_area(0x00000000)FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG| = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112FUTEX_WAKE
,1,116876 NULL,0x3fffda10,get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
1065219744
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001)116876 = 1065219744
1073732112) = 116876 -1 errno=22 (Invalid argument)
futex(0x3ba005fc,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME|FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET,0,NULL,NULL,get_thread_area(0x00000000)0 = 926968112)
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 futex(0x3f7d4c38,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAKE,1,NULL,0x40007bf8,1073773560) = 0
116876 futex(0x40053a8c,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAKE,1,NULL,NULL,0) = 1
= 0
116876 get_thread_area(0x40053a8c) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00b4b456) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 885025072
116876 Unknown syscall 403
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00003baa) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00003b01) = 885025072
116876 get_thread_area(0x00003b01) = 885025072
116876 116876 futex(get_thread_area(0x00b4b456)0x3f7d4c30,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET,0,0x34bfe62c,NULL,0) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000018) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x3ed5b9c8) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 futex(0x3f7d4c30,FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG|FUTEX_WAKE,1,NULL,NULL,0) = 1
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000000) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x0000000f) = 926968112116876 = 0
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001) = 926968112
116876 get_thread_area(0x00000001)writev(2,0x3affed88,0x1) = 926968112
The futex facility returned an unexpected error code.
116876 get_thread_area(0x3f7d4c30) = 885025072
Advice on how to do further debuggging is appreciated.