Building this port on PowerPC fails with a dtrace segmentation fault, after most of the compile process has been completed: dtrace -x nolibs -G -C -s /usr/ports/www/firefox/work/firefox-55.0.2/js/src/devtools/javascript-trace.d -o js-dtrace.o RegExp.o CTypes.o Library.o Parser.o StoreBuffer.o jsarray.o jsatom.o jsdtoa.o jsmath.o jsutil.o pm_stub.o Interpreter.o TraceLogging.o TraceLoggingGraph.o TraceLoggingTypes.o Unified_cpp_js_src0.o Unified_cpp_js_src1.o Unified_cpp_js_src10.o Unified_cpp_js_src11.o Unified_cpp_js_src12.o Unified_cpp_js_src13.o Unified_cpp_js_src14.o Unified_cpp_js_src15.o Unified_cpp_js_src16.o Unified_cpp_js_src17.o Unified_cpp_js_src18.o Unified_cpp_js_src19.o Unified_cpp_js_src2.o Unified_cpp_js_src20.o Unified_cpp_js_src21.o Unified_cpp_js_src22.o Unified_cpp_js_src23.o Unified_cpp_js_src24.o Unified_cpp_js_src25.o Unified_cpp_js_src26.o Unified_cpp_js_src27.o Unified_cpp_js_src28.o Unified_cpp_js_src29.o Unified_cpp_js_src3.o Unified_cpp_js_src30.o Unified_cpp_js_src31.o Unified_cpp_js_src32.o Unified_cpp_js_src33.o Unified_cpp_js_src34.o Unified_cpp_js_src35.o Unified_cpp_js_src36.o Unified_cpp_js_src37.o Unified_cpp_js_src38.o Unified_cpp_js_src39.o Unified_cpp_js_src4.o Unified_cpp_js_src40.o Unified_cpp_js_src5.o Unified_cpp_js_src6.o Unified_cpp_js_src7.o Unified_cpp_js_src8.o Unified_cpp_js_src9.o gmake[7]: *** [Makefile:164: js-dtrace.o] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
What FreeBSD version? Can you get a stacktrace after building libc and libdtrace with debugging symbols? DTrace seems broken even on x86 with GCC (non-default) before 11.0-RELEASE. So, try disabling DTRACE port option. $ cd www/firefox $ make clean patch pre-configure BATCH= $ cd $(make -V WRKSRC)/js/src $ CC=gcc6 CXX=g++6 CPP=cpp6 CFLAGS=-g CXXFLAGS=-g ./configure \ --disable-tests --disable-jemalloc --enable-dtrace $ gmake (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/sbin/dtrace -x nolibs -G -C -s /wrkdirs/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/firefox-55.0.2/js/src/devtools/javascript-trace.d -o js-dtrace.o RegExp.o Parser.o StoreBuffer.o Disassembler-x86-shared.o jsarray.o jsatom.o jsdtoa.o jsmath.o jsutil.o pm_stub.o Interpreter.o TraceLogging.o TraceLoggingGraph.o TraceLoggingTypes.o Unified_cpp_js_src0.o Unified_cpp_js_src1.o Unified_cpp_js_src10.o Unified_cpp_js_src11.o Unified_cpp_js_src12.o Unified_cpp_js_src13.o Unified_cpp_js_src14.o Unified_cpp_js_src15.o Unified_cpp_js_src16.o Unified_cpp_js_src17.o Unified_cpp_js_src18.o Unified_cpp_js_src19.o Unified_cpp_js_src2.o Unified_cpp_js_src20.o Unified_cpp_js_src21.o Unified_cpp_js_src22.o Unified_cpp_js_src23.o Unified_cpp_js_src24.o Unified_cpp_js_src25.o Unified_cpp_js_src26.o Unified_cpp_js_src27.o Unified_cpp_js_src28.o Unified_cpp_js_src29.o Unified_cpp_js_src3.o Unified_cpp_js_src30.o Unified_cpp_js_src31.o Unified_cpp_js_src32.o Unified_cpp_js_src33.o Unified_cpp_js_src34.o Unified_cpp_js_src35.o Unified_cpp_js_src36.o Unified_cpp_js_src37.o Unified_cpp_js_src38.o Unified_cpp_js_src39.o Unified_cpp_js_src4.o Unified_cpp_js_src40.o Unified_cpp_js_src41.o Unified_cpp_js_src42.o Unified_cpp_js_src43.o Unified_cpp_js_src5.o Unified_cpp_js_src6.o Unified_cpp_js_src7.o Unified_cpp_js_src8.o Unified_cpp_js_src9.o Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000801b13482 in __jemalloc_bitmap_unset (bitmap=0x877020563, binfo=0x801e82e10, bit=0) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/bitmap.h:156 156 g = *gp; (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000801b13482 in __jemalloc_bitmap_unset (bitmap=0x877020563, binfo=0x801e82e10, bit=0) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/bitmap.h:156 #1 0x0000000801b05e60 in arena_run_reg_dalloc (run=0x80291a000, ptr=0x802932000) at jemalloc_arena.c:357 #2 0x0000000801b05c33 in __jemalloc_arena_dalloc_bin_locked (arena=0x8024000c0, chunk=0x802800000, ptr=0x802932000, mapelm=0x802801c50) at jemalloc_arena.c:1709 #3 0x0000000801b064b0 in __jemalloc_arena_dalloc_bin (arena=0x8024000c0, chunk=0x802800000, ptr=0x802932000, pageind=306, mapelm=0x802801c50) at jemalloc_arena.c:1733 #4 0x0000000801b06537 in __jemalloc_arena_dalloc_small (arena=0x8024000c0, chunk=0x802800000, ptr=0x802932000, pageind=306) at jemalloc_arena.c:1749 #5 0x0000000801b1cfd1 in __jemalloc_arena_dalloc (arena=0x8024000c0, chunk=0x802800000, ptr=0x802932000, try_tcache=true) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/arena.h:1005 #6 __jemalloc_idallocx (ptr=<optimized out>, try_tcache=<optimized out>, ptr=<optimized out>, try_tcache=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h:913 #7 __jemalloc_iqallocx (ptr=0x802932000, try_tcache=true) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h:932 #8 __jemalloc_iqalloc (ptr=0x802932000) at /usr/src/lib/libc/../../contrib/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h:939 #9 __free (ptr=0x802932000) at jemalloc_jemalloc.c:1277 #10 0x0000000800a7f644 in dt_free (dtp=0x802831000, data=0x802932000) at /usr/src/cddl/lib/libdtrace/../../../cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_subr.c:760 #11 0x0000000800a7a6b8 in dt_link_error (dtp=0x802831000, elf=0x8028a6020, fd=3, bufs=0x0, format=0x800aed9cf "failed to allocate space for probe") at /usr/src/cddl/lib/libdtrace/../../../cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_link.c:1176 #12 0x0000000800a7ba3e in process_obj (dtp=0x802831000, obj=0x7fffffffeae3 "Unified_cpp_js_src25.o", eprobesp=0x7fffffffd85c) at /usr/src/cddl/lib/libdtrace/../../../cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_link.c:1609 #13 0x0000000800a79945 in dtrace_program_link (dtp=0x802831000, pgp=0x802894040, dflags=2, file=0x80281f030 "js-dtrace.o", objc=58, objv=0x802817088) at /usr/src/cddl/lib/libdtrace/../../../cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_link.c:1770 #14 0x0000000000403d3d in ?? () #15 0x000000000040231f in ?? () #16 0x000000080062f000 in ?? () #17 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782962
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm using FreeBSD 10.3, because 11.0+ is currently broken on Powerbooks and doesn't boot (bug #216123). So I guess that may be the cause of the problem. Unfortunately, I can't get a stacktrace, because I already figured that disabling DTrace may solve this and are currently rebuilding the port. This takes a day or two on a PowerPC, so I'll report back then. If DTrace is broken before FreeBSD 11.0, wouldn't it make sense not having it activated by default?
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A commit references this bug: Author: jbeich Date: Sat Sep 29 18:58:12 UTC 2018 New revision: 480912 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/480912 Log: gecko: whitelist where DTRACE is enabled by default Userland probes are only supported on Tier1 architectures. Even though powerpc* should support dtrace -G may crash on C++ files built by GCC. DTRACE option is still exposed as long as dtrace(1) binary is present for easier debugging of libdtrace. PR: 221641 224271 Changes: head/www/firefox/Makefile.options
A commit references this bug: Author: jbeich Date: Sat Sep 29 18:59:25 UTC 2018 New revision: 480913 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/480913 Log: MFH: r480912 gecko: whitelist where DTRACE is enabled by default Userland probes are only supported on Tier1 architectures. Even though powerpc* should support dtrace -G may crash on C++ files built by GCC. DTRACE option is still exposed as long as dtrace(1) binary is present for easier debugging of libdtrace. PR: 221641 224271 Approved by: ports-secteam blanket Changes: _U branches/2018Q3/ branches/2018Q3/www/firefox/Makefile.options