microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
cpptools sometimes crashes repeatedly in modules_cleanup after tag parsing
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Description
cpptools
7/15/2024, 6:11:05 PM
SIGSEGV
modules_cleanup()+16
fe_cleanup()+53
edg_main(int, char**)+18
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Research direction
Start with the reported cpptools SIGSEGV after tag parsing and investigate the modules_cleanup(), fe_cleanup(), and edg_main() stack entries. No files, tests, or reproduction steps are named; done means identifying and preventing the repeated crash, with a regression check for the reported scenario.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100