[Vm-dev] [OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm] Reproduceable Segmentation fault while saving images (#444)

[David T. Lewis]

Bravo, this is a really good idea :-)

Dave


On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 04:47:01PM -0800, Eliot Miranda wrote:
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> Hi All,  to simplify checking there is now a generated image checker.  This is a cut-down VM that only loads an image and runs the leak checker, answering 0 (unix's OK exit code) if the image is free of leaks, and non-zero if it is leaky.  The program takes a -verbose/--verbose argument that will cause it to list the leaks or write a reassuring message if there are none.
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> This can be built for mac in build.macos64x64/squeak.stack.spur & build.macos32x86/squeak.stack.spur by saying make production (image leak checker) and it produces a program called validImage in squeak.stack.spur/build/vm.  I saw that it took 2 seconds to load and check a 1Gb image so it should be fast enough to be used in a CI context.
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> See https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/commit/f83bde2bf5c325ce26f3368bc221578a752a9631
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> HTH
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