Panic: file mail-index-transaction-finish.c: line 185

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 29/12/2021 11:20 tobisworld at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi list
> 
> I have weird issue with my Dovecot 2.3.17.1 (476cd46418)
> When deleting a certain amount of messages from my INBOX via my MUA
> (Evolution) all over sudden dovecot starts to panic
> 
> Panic: file mail-index-transaction-finish.c: line 185
> (mail_index_transaction_get_uid): assertion failed: (seq <= t->view-
> >map->hdr.messages_count)
> 
> imap(REDACTED)<24075><P0/vLkXUNt4KQmMB>: Error: Raw backtrace:
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_append+0x42)
> [0x7f09274d4142] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_get+0x1e) [0x7f09274d424e]
> -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xf72fe) [0x7f09274e22fe] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xf73a1) [0x7f09274e23a1] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f0927430e38] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xf438d) [0x7f092789d38d] -
> > /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xf43da) [0x7f092789d3da]
> -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_index_transaction_finish+0x177) [0x7f092789da87] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xf9ad6) [0x7f09278a2ad6] -
> > /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_index_transaction_commit_full+0x9d) [0x7f09278a2fad]
> -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_index_transaction_commit+0x1c) [0x7f09278a306c] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_cache_set_seq_corrupted_reason+0x61) [0x7f092788c921]
> -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_set_mail_cache_corrupted+0xed) [0x7f09277fbbbd] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x7a3e9) [0x7f09278233e9] -
> > /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x7a6b0) [0x7f09278236b0]
> -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(mail_get_physical_size+0x38) [0x7f09277e8ba8] ->
> /usr/libexec/dovecot//lib20_mail_log_plugin.so(+0x2465)
> [0x7f09263dd465] ->
> /usr/libexec/dovecot//lib15_notify_plugin.so(notify_contexts_mail_copy+
> 0x5c) [0x7f09265e13ec] ->
> /usr/libexec/dovecot//lib15_notify_plugin.so(+0x25d4) [0x7f09265e25d4]
> -> /usr/libexec/dovecot//lib10_quota_plugin.so(+0x102ae)
> [0x7f09269f92ae] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot//lib01_acl_plugin.so(+0xef3e)
> [0x7f0926c10f3e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-
> storage.so.0(+0x50c4c) [0x7f09277f9c4c] ->
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_move+0x58)
> [0x7f09277f9ec8] -> dovecot/imap(+0x1175b) [0x55a2c0ea575b] ->
> dovecot/imap(command_exec+0x64) [0x55a2c0eb3f04] ->
> dovecot/imap(+0x1dde2) [0x55a2c0eb1de2] -> dovecot/imap(+0x1de71)
> [0x55a2c0eb1e71] -> dovecot/imap(+0x1e039) [0x55a2c0eb2039] ->
> dovecot/imap(client_handle_input+0x205) [0x55a2c0eb22f5] ->
> dovecot/imap(client_input+0x79) [0x55a2c0eb28d9]
> 
> imap(REDACTED)<24075><P0/vLkXUNt4KQmMB>: Fatal: master: service(imap):
> child 24075 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled -
> https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html#coredumps)
> 
> 
> From that point on ANY access to INBOX from my MUA causes the error.
> The only way that I found to get around is to unsubscribe the INBOX
> folder and subscribe again. Then the error is gone until I delete a
> bunch of messages again.
> The error only occurs if I delete the messages within short time or
> select multiple (about 20msg at once). If I delete them one-by-one
> always waiting for expunge message in dovecot logs to appear then I can
> delete as many as I want.
> 
> I have not verified with other MUA but in Evolution I can reproduce the
> issue.
> 
> Cheers and have a good one
> 
> tobi


Do you have multiple backends with concurrent access via e.g. nfs?

Aki