[Mono-bugs] [Bug 52654][Nor] New - Excessive recursion causes silent segmentation fault

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Changed by sebastian@nowozin.de.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=52654

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+Bug#: 52654
+Product: Mono/Runtime
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: sebastian@nowozin.de               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Excessive recursion causes silent segmentation fault
+
+Description of Problem:
+
+Upon endless or excessive recursion the mono runtime produces a
+segmentation violation without any helpful information being available to
+the user.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Compile the program below: mcs /out:test.exe test.cs
+2. mono ./test.exe
+
+public class MonoBug {
+        public static void Main (string[] args) {
+                MonoBug mb = new MonoBug ();
+                mb.Test ();
+        }
+        public void Test () {
+                Test ();
+        }
+}
+
+
+Actual Results:
+
+Segmentation violation
+
+
+Expected Results:
+
+Some kind of system exception being thrown (like "Insufficient stack space
+for method call ..., killing process.").
+
+At the very least not a silent segmentation violation.
+
+
+How often does this happen? 
+
+Every time.
+
+
+Additional Information:
+
+I know this bug has already been filed under the "recursive property"
+subject, but those bug has been closed and did (imho) not receive the
+deserved attention. Endless recursion bugs are rather difficult to spot
+anyway, just letting an OS-originated SIGSEGV reap the process just makes
+it even more difficult and let people suspect bugs in the mono runtime that
+originate at their code.