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In some cases, with some versions of SDL2, on some different distributions and platforms SDL2 crashes at runtime if applications are built using V's default garbage collector.
Currently, especially the tVintris
example is known to cause different kind of crashes on different systems.
A, relatively simple, example MRE that crashes on my system (EndeavourOS, rolling, Arch based SDL v2.30.3 vlang/sdl
branch 2.30.0
):
module main
import sdl
struct Data1 {
mut:
a int
}
fn main() {
mut data1 := []&Data1{cap: 200}
for i in 0 .. 200 {
data1 << &Data1{
a: i
}
}
sdl.init(sdl.init_video)
window := sdl.create_window('Hello SDL2'.str, 300, 300, 500, 300, 0)
renderer := sdl.create_renderer(window, -1, u32(sdl.RendererFlags.accelerated) | u32(sdl.RendererFlags.presentvsync))
mut should_close := false
mut ticks := 0
for {
ticks++
evt := sdl.Event{}
for 0 < sdl.poll_event(&evt) {
match evt.@type {
.quit { should_close = true }
else {}
}
}
data1[0].a = ticks
data1.delete(10)
data1 << &Data1{
a: ticks
}
println('ticks: ${ticks}')
if should_close || ticks == 1000 {
break
}
sdl.set_render_draw_color(renderer, 255, 55, 55, 255)
sdl.render_clear(renderer)
sdl.render_present(renderer)
}
println('Exiting. If this was compiled without `-d sdl_memory_no_gc`, an invalid memory access error should occur')
sdl.destroy_renderer(renderer)
sdl.destroy_window(window)
sdl.quit()
}
We have introduced the compiletime flag: -d sdl_memory_no_gc
to mitigate the problem. Usage of this flag also means that the user will have to manage SDL's memory manually by utilizing SDL2's destroy
/sdl.free/1
functions.
The output when crashing is often similar to this:
main__main: RUNTIME ERROR: invalid memory access
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spytheman commentedon Jun 15, 2024
For me, on Ubuntu 20.04 and SDL 2.0.10, the example above compiles and runs cleanly, but
v run ~/.vmodules/sdl/examples/tvintris/
exhibits a probably similar crash.With
v -d sdl_memory_no_gc run ~/.vmodules/sdl/examples/tvintris/
everything works without a crash.spytheman commentedon Jun 15, 2024
On Arch, with sdl2-2.30.3, it crashes for both the example in the issue, and with tvintris reliably.
larpon commentedon Nov 25, 2024
The default has now been changed so you have to opt-in to using the garbage collector.
is thus not a thing anymore.-d sdl_memory_no_gc
To use SDL with the garbage collecting pass
-d sdl_use_gc
.