Subj : event thread chucked up a core dump
To   : GitLab note in main/sbbs
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Sat Oct 04 2025 23:09:11

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/981#note_7705

Not sure if this would explain it:

Corefile was created Oct  3 16:04


```
Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Recycle semaphore file (/sbbs/ctrl/recycle) detected
Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Waiting for events thread to terminate...
Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server output thread terminated (sent 184611 bytes in 2455 blocks, 75 average, 0 short)
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Done waiting for events thread to terminate
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server destructor begin
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server destructor end
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server thread terminating
[snip]
Oct  3 16:03:16 bbs synchronet: term Recycling server...
Oct  3 16:03:18 bbs synchronet: term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a Debug
[snip]
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server thread started for nodes 1 through 10
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Recycle semaphore signaled
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Waiting for system output thread to terminate...
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Done waiting for system output thread to terminate
[snip]
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Recycling server...
Oct  3 16:05:07 bbs synchronet: term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a Debug
```

There was a lot of recycling and a big gap between 16:03:36 and 16:05:07 which, I assume, is when it was doing a core dump.

event thread just has

```
Oct  3 16:02:53 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Running native background timed event: /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce
Oct  3 16:02:53 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Executing external: /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce
Oct  3 16:02:54 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Background timed event spawned: /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Destroying context
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Destroying runtime
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread terminated
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor begin
Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor end
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events constructor using socket -1 (settings=8212)
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events temporary file directory: /sbbs/tmp/event/
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread started
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Creating event runtime: 536870912 bytes
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor begin
Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor end
Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events constructor using socket -1 (settings=8212)
Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events temporary file directory: /sbbs/tmp/event/
Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread started
Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Creating event runtime: 536870912 bytes
```

Surprised nothing actually reported a seg fault
--- SBBSecho 3.30-Linux
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

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