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Bug #77427 Garbage collector segmentation fault with many circular references
Submitted: 2019-01-08 01:38 UTC Modified: 2019-01-08 10:56 UTC
From: drealecs at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: *General Issues
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 [2019-01-08 01:38 UTC] drealecs at gmail dot com 
Description:
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It seems that when there are many objects in memory with circular references and garbage collector cycle is triggered, it will segfault.

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https://3v4l.org/3PniX

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 [2019-01-08 09:25 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2019-01-08 09:25 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Duplicate of bug #77345, GC recursion causes stackoverflow. Only happens since 7.3 as GC can now run on much more objects.
 [2019-01-08 10:56 UTC] drealecs at gmail dot com
-PHP Version: 7.3.0 +PHP Version: All versions
 [2019-01-08 10:56 UTC] drealecs at gmail dot com 
I didn't mentioned correctly, the error is present since long time ago if you set the right number of objects:
Doubling it fails for all version: https://3v4l.org/EJCaI

I'm not sure that it is the same problem...
The script I provided fails very fast, even if it is more complex.
 
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