EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION -- RtlVirtualUnwind at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

[prbzrg]

Sometimes, when I run update command, Julia crash with a strange error:

               _
   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.7.2 (2022-02-06)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |

(ICNF) pkg> up

Please submit a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x7ffc21f60ee8 -- RtlVirtualUnwind at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)
in expression starting at none:0

Please submit a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x7ffc21f60ee8 -- RtlVirtualUnwind at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)
in expression starting at none:0

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.7.2
Commit bf53498635 (2022-02-06 15:21 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-12.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)

[vtjnash]

I was hoping it might be fixed by 722f9d4, but that was backported into v1.7.2 (#43667). Hard to say more without a gdb backtrace, since Windows crashed while trying to give us a backtrace.

[prbzrg]

Sometimes, when I run test command, Julia gives this error but doesn't crash:

               _
   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.7.2 (2022-02-06)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |

(ICNF) pkg> test
     Testing ICNF

Please submit a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x7fffc5400ee8 -- RtlVirtualUnwind at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (unknown line)
in expression starting at C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\.julia\packages\LLVMExtra_jll\y3M2E\.pkg\select_artifacts.jl:14
ERROR: failed process: Process(`'C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\bin\julia.exe' -Cnative '-JC:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\lib\julia\sys.dll' --depwarn=yes --check-bounds=yes -O3 -g2 --color=yes --sysimage-native-code=no -O0 --color=no --history-file=no --startup-file=yes --compiled-modules=yes --eval 'append!(empty!(Base.DEPOT_PATH), ["C:\\Users\\Hossein Pourbozorg\\.julia", "C:\\Users\\Hossein Pourbozorg\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Julia-1.7.2\\local\\share\\julia", "C:\\Users\\Hossein Pourbozorg\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Julia-1.7.2\\share\\julia"])
append!(empty!(Base.DL_LOAD_PATH), String[])

cd("C:\\Users\\Hossein Pourbozorg\\.julia\\packages\\LLVMExtra_jll\\y3M2E\\.pkg")
include("C:\\Users\\Hossein Pourbozorg\\.julia\\packages\\LLVMExtra_jll\\y3M2E\\.pkg\\select_artifacts.jl")
' x86_64-w64-mingw32-libgfortran5-cxx11-julia_version+1.7.2`, ProcessExited(3221225477)) [3221225477]

Stacktrace:
  [1] pipeline_error
    @ .\process.jl:531 [inlined]
  [2] read(cmd::Cmd)
    @ Base .\process.jl:418
  [3] collect_artifacts(pkg_root::String; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:587
  [4] download_artifacts(env::Pkg.Types.EnvCache; platform::Base.BinaryPlatforms.Platform, julia_version::VersionNumber, verbose::Bool, io::Base.DevNull)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:614
  [5] up(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, level::Pkg.Types.UpgradeLevel; skip_writing_project::Bool)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1267
  [6] up(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; level::Pkg.Types.UpgradeLevel, mode::Pkg.Types.PackageMode, update_registry::Bool, skip_writing_project::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Base.DevNull, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.DevNull}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:333
  [7] up(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Any, NTuple{5, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:level, :mode, :update_registry, :skip_writing_project, :io), Tuple{Pkg.Types.UpgradeLevel, Pkg.Types.PackageMode, Bool, Bool, Base.DevNull}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:154
  [8] resolve(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context; skip_writing_project::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Base.DevNull, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.DevNull}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:339
  [9] (::Pkg.Operations.var"#99#103"{String, Bool, Bool, Bool, Pkg.Operations.var"#109#111"{Bool, Cmd, Cmd, Nothing, Pkg.Types.Context, Vector{Tuple{String, Base.Process}}, String, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})()
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1482
 [10] with_temp_env(fn::Pkg.Operations.var"#99#103"{String, Bool, Bool, Bool, Pkg.Operations.var"#109#111"{Bool, Cmd, Cmd, Nothing, Pkg.Types.Context, Vector{Tuple{String, Base.Process}}, String, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, temp_env::String)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1390
 [11] (::Pkg.Operations.var"#98#102"{Bool, Bool, Bool, Pkg.Operations.var"#109#111"{Bool, Cmd, Cmd, Nothing, Pkg.Types.Context, Vector{Tuple{String, Base.Process}}, String, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, Pkg.Types.Context, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec, String, Nothing, String})(tmp::String)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1469
 [12] mktempdir(fn::Pkg.Operations.var"#98#102"{Bool, Bool, Bool, Pkg.Operations.var"#109#111"{Bool, Cmd, Cmd, Nothing, Pkg.Types.Context, Vector{Tuple{String, Base.Process}}, String, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}, Pkg.Types.Context, Pkg.Types.PackageSpec, String, Nothing, String}, parent::String; prefix::String)
    @ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:750
 [13] mktempdir(fn::Function, parent::String) (repeats 2 times)
    @ Base.Filesystem .\file.jl:748
 [14] sandbox(fn::Function, ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, target::Pkg.Types.PackageSpec, target_path::String, sandbox_path::String, sandbox_project_override::Nothing; force_latest_compatible_version::Bool, allow_earlier_backwards_compatible_versions::Bool, allow_reresolve::Bool)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1435
 [15] test(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; coverage::Bool, julia_args::Cmd, test_args::Cmd, test_fn::Nothing, force_latest_compatible_version::Bool, allow_earlier_backwards_compatible_versions::Bool, allow_reresolve::Bool)
    @ Pkg.Operations C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1622
 [16] test(ctx::Pkg.Types.Context, pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; coverage::Bool, test_fn::Nothing, julia_args::Cmd, test_args::Cmd, force_latest_compatible_version::Bool, allow_earlier_backwards_compatible_versions::Bool, allow_reresolve::Bool, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Base.TTY, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:io,), Tuple{Base.TTY}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:421
 [17] test(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec}; io::Base.TTY, kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:149
 [18] test(pkgs::Vector{Pkg.Types.PackageSpec})
    @ Pkg.API C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\API.jl:144
 [19] do_cmd!(command::Pkg.REPLMode.Command, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:407
 [20] do_cmd(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, input::String; do_rethrow::Bool)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:385
 [21] do_cmd
    @ C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:376 [inlined]
 [22] (::Pkg.REPLMode.var"#24#27"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::IOBuffer, ok::Bool)
    @ Pkg.REPLMode C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\Pkg\src\REPLMode\REPLMode.jl:549
 [23] #invokelatest#2
    @ .\essentials.jl:716 [inlined]
 [24] invokelatest
    @ .\essentials.jl:714 [inlined]
 [25] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\REPL\src\LineEdit.jl:2493
 [26] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
    @ REPL C:\Users\Hossein Pourbozorg\AppData\Local\Programs\Julia-1.7.2\share\julia\stdlib\v1.7\REPL\src\REPL.jl:1232
 [27] (::REPL.var"#49#54"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
    @ REPL .\task.jl:423

[prbzrg]

Feel free to close this, I didn't get this error since v1.9.