ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

winedevice.exe overflowed signalstack

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Description

The following is logged to dmesg while Steam starts:

[   43.376979] traps: steamwebhelper[3650] trap invalid opcode ip:7fc0c2abff7b sp:7ffef75a5d90 error:0 in libcef.so[7fc0be8ef000+7770000]
[   58.552264] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
[   58.554552] nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 509.
[   71.359511] signal: winedevice.exe[5326] overflowed sigaltstack
[   71.359514] signal: winedevice.exe[5326] overflowed sigaltstack

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Research direction

Start by reproducing Steam startup and collecting the dmesg entries shown in the report, then determine whether the sigaltstack overflow is caused by Proton or an external component such as the NVIDIA driver. No source file or test is named, so done would require identifying the responsible subsystem and confirming the overflow no longer occurs.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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