Hi
I have a php script which is piped to by my mail server (exim). It runs and does what it needs to do, I even have as the last 2 lines the following, which run and print "Done"!
exit("Done");
?>
Yet the script terminates with "Segmentation fault (core dumped)".
I have tried to do a backtrace on the core dump file but with no luck. Never gone in to to gdb and backtraces before so don't really know what I'm doing to be honest. I've tried recompiling php with --enable-debug which I am assuming it has done but I am not sure how to check.
# gdb /usr/bin/php5 /tmp/core-dumps/core-php.30729
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/php5...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/php5...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New Thread 30729]
warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libonig.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libonig.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libqdbm.so.14...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libqdbm.so.14
Reading symbols from /lib/libbz2.so.1.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libbz2.so.1.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libpcre.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpcre.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libcom_err.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libcom_err.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libresolv.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libkeyutils.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libkeyutils.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXau.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXau.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/suhosin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/suhosin.so
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files.so.2
Core was generated by `php -q ./mailReader.php'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0 0xb6472562 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb6472562 in ?? ()
#1 0xb647269b in ?? ()
#2 0xb6470d40 in ?? ()
#3 0xb6f96955 in start_thread () from /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#4 0xb71e31de in clone () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
# uname -a
Linux eeever 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:01:19 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
PHP Version => 5.3.3-7+squeeze14
I think the issue is "no debugging symbols found". I install php5-dbg but it clearly hasn't worked.
Has any one either any idea why it is seg faulting even though it executes to the end, or what I'm doing wrong with trying to debug it please?