From 1cc6322e61275ad8b5056eb7dd43af6fe459aa0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:39:36 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Document crashes due to tree-sitter ABI (bug#70438). --- etc/PROBLEMS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 54dc23c0951..2b3b7ba96f6 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -216,6 +216,28 @@ arguments you intend to pass to Emacs): $ SNAP=1 SNAP_NAME=1 SNAP_REVISION=1 emacs ... +** Emacs built with tree-sitter crashes when some *-ts-mode is turned on. + +The crash is in many cases an abort due to run-time detection of stack +smashing, and it happens when one of the *-ts-mode modes is turned on +in a buffer. + +The reason is that the tree-sitter library changed its Application +Binary Interface (ABI) between version 0.22.2 and 0.22.4, but did not +increment the ABI version number. Therefore, Emacs compiled with +tree-sitter versions before the change will try to use the shared +library after the change, and crash due to incompatibilities in the +ABI. + +Until and unless the tree-sitter developers release a library with an +updated ABI version, the solution is to rebuild Emacs with the actual +library with which it will be used. If you cannot rebuild Emacs, +downgrade your tree-sitter library to version 0.22.2 or older. + +The relevant tree-sitter issue is here: + + https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/issues/3296 + ** Emacs crashes when you try to view a file with complex characters. One possible reason for this could be a bug in the libotf or the