Bug#1001081: sbcl: `sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp` fails with `internal error 222` since 2.1.11-1

[David Loyall]

Package: sbcl
Version: 2:2.1.11-1
Severity: important

Dear Sébastien Villemot,

Here is some output from a terminal:

sebboh@debian:~/prj$ sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp
This is SBCL 2.1.11.debian, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.
More information about SBCL is available at <http://www.sbcl.org/>.

SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty.
It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under
BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the
distribution for more information.
While evaluating the form starting at line 1154, column 0
of #P"/home/sebboh/prj/quicklisp.lisp":

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR @52CF6451 in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1001834103}>:
internal error 222: NIL; args=NIL

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
0: [RETRY ] Retry EVAL of current toplevel form.
1: [CONTINUE] Ignore error and continue loading file
"/home/sebboh/prj/quicklisp.lisp".
2: [ABORT ] Abort loading file "/home/sebboh/prj/quicklisp.lisp".
3: Ignore runtime option --load "quicklisp.lisp".
4: Skip rest of --eval and --load options.
5: Skip to toplevel READ/EVAL/PRINT loop.
6: [EXIT ] Exit SBCL (calling #'EXIT, killing the process).

(SB-C:MAKE-TN-REF #<SB-C:TN t1 :NORMAL> NIL)
0] 6
;
; compilation unit aborted
; caught 1 fatal ERROR condition

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR @52A4A930 in thread
#<THREAD "finalizer" RUNNING {10009BC2B3}>:
internal error 222: NIL; args=NIL

The current thread is not at the foreground,
SB-THREAD:RELEASE-FOREGROUND has to be called in
#<SB-THREAD:THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1001834103}>
for this thread to enter the debugger.
Killed

FYI, `quicklisp.lisp` is the 2010-10-09 Quicklisp beta.

I tried a few things, then I noticed that my installed version of sbcl
is only two days old.. So, I searched /var/cache/apt/archives and
found an older one.. Then, I did this:

sebboh@debian:~/prj$ dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/sbcl_2%3a2.1.8-1_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
sebboh@debian:~/prj$ sudo !!
sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/sbcl_2%3a2.1.8-1_amd64.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading sbcl from 2:2.1.11-1 to 2:2.1.8-1
(Reading database ... 61703 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../sbcl_2%3a2.1.8-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking sbcl (2:2.1.8-1) over (2:2.1.11-1) ...
Setting up sbcl (2:2.1.8-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...

After that, `sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp` worked as expected!

I hope this information is helpful. I have exhausted my
troubleshooting capability here, but if you tell me some commands to
run, I will share the output with you.

Some information from `reportbug` is below my sig.

Cheers,
--david "sebboh" loyall

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages sbcl depends on:
ii libc6 2.32-4
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2

Versions of packages sbcl recommends:
ii binfmt-support 2.2.1-1

Versions of packages sbcl suggests:
pn sbcl-doc <none>
pn sbcl-source <none>
pn slime <none>

[Sébastien Villemot]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

Dear David,

I can’t replicate your problem. Loading quicklisp.lisp with sbcl 2.1.11-1 works fine for me.

In order to rule out problems caused by your initialization scripts, can you try the following:

sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit --load /usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp

Best,

--
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[Sébastien Villemot]

A similar “internal error 222” occurs randomly on the Debian CI
platform. See this log:
https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/c/cl-uax-15/17757334/log.gz

The problem is also mentioned in this Reddit thread, and upstream has
committed a possible fix (commit f66c6e355b23), but that needs to be
confirmed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/rmbq0f/sbcl_2111_gives_internal_error_222_nil_argsnil/

[David Loyall]

Hello, Sébastien.

It took me a long time to reply, please accept my apologies.

> In order to rule out problems caused by your initialization
> scripts, can you try the following:
>
> sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit --load \
> /usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp

Sure. Ok, I got the same result when invoking that exact command line
you provided: "Internal error 222".

(Separately, I confirmed these two files have identical contents:
/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp and
/home/sebboh/prj/quicklisp.lisp)

I found that I do NOT have to `killall -9 sbcl`... Instead, after the
error, I can select [CONTINUE] and then invoke (quit). Log of that
follows my signature. Maybe your eyes can see a clue where mine do
not yet. Hm, when I do it this way, now the output does list a
specific undefined function.

I hope this helps, and I'm still willing to gather more information.
More quickly next time. :)

Cheers,
--sebboh

sebboh@debian:~$ sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit --load
/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp

This is SBCL 2.1.11.debian, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.
More information about SBCL is available at <http://www.sbcl.org/>.

SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty.
It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under
BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the
distribution for more information.
While evaluating the form starting at line 1154, column 0

of #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp":

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR @52CF6451 in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1001834103}>:
internal error 222: NIL; args=NIL

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
0: [RETRY ] Retry EVAL of current toplevel form.
1: [CONTINUE] Ignore error and continue loading file

"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp".

2: [ABORT ] Abort loading file

"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp".

3: Ignore runtime option --load

"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp".

4: Skip rest of --eval and --load options.
5: Skip to toplevel READ/EVAL/PRINT loop.
6: [EXIT ] Exit SBCL (calling #'EXIT, killing the process).

(SB-C:MAKE-TN-REF #<SB-C:TN t1[RDX(d)] :NORMAL> T)
0] 1

;
; compilation unit aborted
; caught 1 fatal ERROR condition

; file: /usr/share/common-lisp/source/quicklisp/quicklisp.lisp
; in: DEFUN READ-HTTP-HEADER
; (QLQS-HTTP::PROCESS-HEADER QLQS-HTTP::HEADER-DATA)
;
; caught STYLE-WARNING:
; undefined function: QLQS-HTTP::PROCESS-HEADER
;
; compilation unit finished
; Undefined function:
; PROCESS-HEADER
; caught 1 STYLE-WARNING condition

==== quicklisp quickstart 2015-01-28 loaded ====

To continue with installation, evaluate: (quicklisp-quickstart:install)

For installation options, evaluate: (quicklisp-quickstart:help)

* (quit)