[Dovecot] 1.1.1 (maildir_uidlist_sync_update): assertion failed: (uidlist->initial_hdr_read)

[Adam McDougall]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 16:43 -0400, Adam McDougall wrote:
>   
>> Jun 26 17:23:26 hill dovecot: Panic: IMAP(userA): file 
>> maildir-uidlist.c: line 1207 (maildir_uidlist_sync_update): assertion 
>> failed: (uidlist->initial_hdr_read)
>>     
>
> Perhaps this fixes it?
> http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.1/rev/1edff123dd8f
>
>   
I am now running 1.1.2 in production, but I got a similar backtrace but 
different log message.
The file mentioned has a later timestamp than the core, so it may have 
been modified since the Panic.

-rw-------  1 userC  3001  980088 Aug  4 19:30 
/home/userC/Maildir/dovecot/private/indexes/.INBOX/dovecot.index.search.uids

Aug  4 11:15:20 boomhauer dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<userC>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=35.9.37.164, lip=35.9.37.190, TLS
Aug  4 11:15:20 boomhauer dovecot: IMAP(userC): 
fchown(/home/userC/Maildir/temp.boomhauer.34901.6594f6f24f978311, -1, 
3000) failed: Operation not permitted
Aug  4 11:15:20 boomhauer dovecot: IMAP(userC): dovecot-acl-list 
creation failed: 
safe_mkstemp(/home/userC/Maildir/temp.boomhauer.34901.6594f6f24f978311) 
failed: Operation not permitted
Aug  4 11:15:21 boomhauer dovecot: IMAP(userC): Corrupted squat uidlist 
file 
/home/userC/Maildir/dovecot/private/indexes/.INBOX/dovecot.index.search.uids: 
missing/broken uidlist
Aug  4 11:15:22 boomhauer dovecot: Panic: IMAP(userC): file 
squat-uidlist.c: line 153 (uidlist_write_array): assertion failed: ((uid 
& ~UID_LIST_MASK_RANGE) >= base_uid)
Aug  4 11:15:22 boomhauer dovecot: child 34901 (imap) killed with signal 6

# gdb /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap imap.core
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This GDB was configured as "amd64-marcel-freebsd"...
Core was generated by `imap'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.7...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.7
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so
Reading symbols from 
/usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/librpcsvc.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/librpcsvc.so.4
Reading symbols from 
/usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so
Reading symbols from 
/usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_listescape_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_listescape_plugin.so
Reading symbols from 
/usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so
Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
#0  0x00000000409de12c in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7
(gdb) bt full
#0  0x00000000409de12c in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7
No symbol table info available.
#1  0x00000000409dcf9b in abort () from /lib/libc.so.7
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x00000000004b5be5 in default_fatal_finish (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, 
status=0) at failures.c:149
        backtrace = 0x0
#3  0x00000000004b699e in i_internal_fatal_handler (type=Could not find 
the frame base for "i_internal_fatal_handler".
) at failures.c:423
No locals.
#4  0x00000000004b5eaa in i_panic (format=Could not find the frame base 
for "i_panic".
) at failures.c:190
        args = Could not find the frame base for "i_panic".
(gdb) q