Can you please provide a self-contained script that should work but crashses?
I can't reproduce this.

Derick

<?php

// create the semaphore:
$sem = sem_get(posix_getpid());

// delete the semaphore:
sem_remove($sem);

?>

Creation is fine, but whenever I call sem_remove, segfault.

Here's my complete system info:
sean@adnagaporp:~$ uname -a
Linux adnagaporp 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i686 unknown
sean@adnagaporp:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 701.376
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
sep_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips        : 1399.19
sean@adnagaporp:~/bin$ ./php4-dev -v
4.3.0-dev

(note: php4-dev is a symlink to my PHP4/CVS build)

sean@adnagaporp:~/dev/sock$ php4-dev -q sem.php
[Thu Apr 25 14:29:58 2002]  Script:  'sem.php'
---------------------------------------
/home/sean/cvs/php/php4/Zend/zend_execute.h(62) : Block 0x0822FEA8 status:
Beginning:      Overrun (magic=0x0000322E, expected=0x7312F8DC)
      End:      Unknown
---------------------------------------
Segmentation fault

(sem.php is the script I posted above)

if this helps:
sean@adnagaporp:~/dev/sock$ ipcs

------ Shared Memory Segments --------
key       shmid     owner     perms     bytes     nattch    status
0x00000200 15360     root      666       1024      13
0x00280267 132       root      644       1048576   1

------ Semaphore Arrays --------
key       semid     owner     perms     nsems     status
0x00280269 0         root      666       14

------ Message Queues --------
key       msqid     owner     perms     used-bytes  messages

if I comment out the sem_remove line, I get a freshly created semaphore:
------ Semaphore Arrays --------
key       semid     owner     perms     nsems     status
0x00280269 0         root      666       14
0x00003241 1409      sean      666       3

and I can even do this, successfully, so I don't think it's a problem with my OS/config:
sean@adnagaporp:~/dev/sock$ ipcrm sem 1409
resource deleted

It segfaults as a regular user (sean) and also as root.

PHP isn't generating core files for some reason, even though --enable-debug is on, or I'm just not looking in the right place.. ?
Here's my gdb session:
sean@adnagaporp:~/dev/sock$ gdb -q php4-dev
(gdb) run -q sem.php
Starting program: /home/sean/cvs/php/php4.3.0/php -q sem.php
[Thu Apr 25 14:43:34 2002]  Script:  'sem.php'
---------------------------------------
/home/sean/cvs/php/php4/Zend/zend_execute.h(62) : Block 0x0822FA88 status:
Beginning:      Overrun (magic=0x0000331B, expected=0x7312F8DC)
      End:      Unknown
---------------------------------------

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x400e8bfe in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x400e8bfe in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x400e8ad3 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x08165073 in shutdown_memory_manager (silent=0, clean_cache=0)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/Zend/zend_alloc.c:484
#3  0x08147a95 in php_request_shutdown (dummy=0x0)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/main/main.c:816
#4  0x0818c055 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffffd84)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c:1069
(gdb) frame 0
#0  0x400e8bfe in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) frame 1
#1  0x400e8ad3 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) frame 2
#2  0x08165073 in shutdown_memory_manager (silent=0, clean_cache=0)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/Zend/zend_alloc.c:484
484                                     ZEND_DO_FREE(ptr);
(gdb) frame 3
#3  0x08147a95 in php_request_shutdown (dummy=0x0)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/main/main.c:816
816                     shutdown_memory_manager(CG(unclean_shutdown), 0 TSRMLS_CC);
(gdb) frame 4
#4  0x0818c055 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffffd84)
    at /home/sean/cvs/php/php4/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c:1069
1069                    php_request_shutdown((void *) 0);
(gdb)

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unfortunately, I don't know gdb any better than that.
I can give you access to adnagaporp if you need it, Derick.

Thanks again.

S

I still can not reproduce this... can you try the latest PHP 4.2.1?

Sorry. I haven't had any time to check this lately. I will try to get to it soon. Might be fixed in CVS ?
I'll try on multiple boxes, too.

S

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