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Okay, I'm trying to figure out whether this QEMU segfault bug is related to user-mode or system-mode. So, the user mentioned that they're running qemu-s390x on an aarch64 Odroid Ubuntu machine and it's causing a segmentation fault. They've tested both version 2.11 and 4.2, and both are failing.
First, I remember that QEMU can run in two modes: user-mode and system-mode. User-mode is for running individual applications without a full OS, while system-mode emulates an entire computer with its own kernel and peripherals.
Looking at the steps they took, they're running qemu-s390x to execute a test_bitcoin binary directly. That makes me think it's in user-mode because they're just executing a single application without booting an OS or using devices.
They also tried running another emulator, qemu-arm, which worked for them on the same machine. This suggests that the issue is specific to the s390x architecture and not a general problem with their setup. Since armhf works in user-mode, it's more likely that the s390x user-mode isn't working correctly.
The GDB output shows a segmentation fault at __bss_start__ or code_gen_buffer. These symbols seem related to memory management within QEMU itself rather than interacting with hardware or peripherals, which would be more system-mode issues.
Also, since they're not mentioning any OS booting or device emulation, it's probably just the CPU instruction translation that's failing in user-mode. Therefore, the problem is likely within the user-mode emulation of s390x.
So, putting it all together, this bug seems to be related to user-mode because it's about running a single executable without an OS and the error points towards QEMU's internal handling rather than system-level interactions.
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