co = coroutine.wrap(f)
print(co())
--> ??? (should be 2)
lstrlib.c:
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@
static int gmatch_aux (lua_State *L) {
GMatchState *gm = (GMatchState *)lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
const char *
gm->ms.L = L;
for (src = gm-> src ms.src_ src++) {
const char *e;
reprepstate(&gm->ms);
io.lines does not check maximum number of options.
reported by Patrick Donnell on 10 Jul 2015.
existed since 5.3.0.
fixed in 5.3.2.
-- can crash in some machines
t ={}; for i = 1, 253 do t[i] = 1 end
io.lines("someexistingfile", table.unpack(t))()
@@ -318,8 +318,15 @@
static int io_readline (lua_State *L);
+** maximum number of arguments to 'f:lines'/'io.lines' (it + 3 must fit
+** in the limit for upvalues of a closure)
+#define MAXARGLINE 250
static void aux_lines (lua_State *L, int toclose) {
int n = lua_gettop(L) - 1;
/* number of arguments to read */
luaL_argcheck(L, n <= MAXARGLINE, MAXARGLINE + 2, "too many arguments");
lua_pushinteger(L, n);
/* number of arguments to read */
lua_pushboolean(L, toclose);
/* close/not close file when finished */
lua_rotate(L, 2, 2);
/* move 'n' and 'toclose' to their positions */
string.format("%f") can cause a buffer overflow
(only when 'lua_Number' is long double!).
reported by Roberto on 13 Jan 2015.
existed since 5.3.
fixed in 5.3.1.
string.format("%.99f", 1e4000)
-- when floats are long double
lstrlib.c:
@@ -800,3 +800,4 @@
/* maximum size of each formatted item (> len(format('%99.99f', -1e308))) */
-#define MAX_ITEM 512
+#define MAX_ITEM
(sizeof(lua_Number) <= 4 ? 150 : sizeof(lua_Number) <= 8 ? 450 : 5050)
debug.getlocal on a coroutine suspended in a hook
can crash the interpreter.
reported by 云风 on 11 Feb 2015.
existed since 5.2.
fixed in 5.3.1.
@@ -49,4 +49,14 @@
+static void swapextra (lua_State *L) {
if (L->status == LUA_YIELD) {
CallInfo *ci = L->
/* get function that yielded */
StkId temp = ci->
/* exchange its 'func' and 'extra' values */
ci->func = restorestack(L, ci->extra);
ci->extra = savestack(L, temp);
** this function can be called asynchronous (e.g. during a signal)
@@ -145,4 +155,5 @@
const char *
lua_lock(L);
swapextra(L);
if (ar == NULL) {
/* information about non-active function? */
if (!isLfunction(L->top - 1))
/* not a Lua function? */
@@ -159,4 +170,5 @@
swapextra(L);
lua_unlock(L);
@@ -166,10 +178,13 @@
LUA_API const char *lua_setlocal (lua_State *L, const lua_Debug *ar, int n) {
StkId pos = 0;
/* to avoid warnings */
const char *name = findlocal(L, ar->i_ci, n, &pos);
const char *
lua_lock(L);
swapextra(L);
name = findlocal(L, ar->i_ci, n, &pos);
if (name) {
setobjs2s(L, pos, L->top - 1);
/* pop value */
swapextra(L);
lua_unlock(L);
@@ -271,4 +286,5 @@
lua_lock(L);
swapextra(L);
if (*what == '>') {
ci = NULL;
@@ -289,4 +305,5 @@
api_incr_top(L);
swapextra(L);
if (strchr(what, 'L'))
collectvalidlines(L, cl);
Suspended __le metamethod can give wrong result.
reported by Eric Zhong on 07 Apr 2015.
existed since 5.2.
fixed in 5.3.1.
mt = {__le = function (a,b) coroutine.yield("yield"); return a.x <= b.x end}
t1 = setmetatable({x=1}, mt)
t2 = {x=2}
co = coroutine.wrap(function (a,b) return t2
(should be false)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
#define CIST_YPCALL (1<<4) /* call is a yieldable protected call */
#define CIST_TAIL (1<<5) /* call was tail called */
#define CIST_HOOKYIELD (1<<6) /* last hook called yielded */
+#define CIST_LEQ (1<callstatus & CIST_LUA)
@@ -292,9 +292,14 @@
return l_strcmp(tsvalue(l), tsvalue(r)) = 0)
/* first try 'le' */
else if ((res = luaT_callorderTM(L, r, l, TM_LT)) ci->callstatus |= CIST_LEQ;
/* mark it is doing 'lt' for 'le' */
res = luaT_callorderTM(L, r, l, TM_LT);
L->ci->callstatus ^= CIST_LEQ;
/* clear mark */
if (res top - 1);
/* metamethod should not be called when operand is K */
lua_assert(!ISK(GETARG_B(inst)));
if (op == OP_LE &&
/* "<=" using "callstatus & CIST_LEQ) {
/* "<=" using "callstatus ^= CIST_LEQ;
/* clear mark */
/* negate result */
lua_assert(GET_OPCODE(*ci->u.l.savedpc) == OP_JMP);
if (res != GETARG_A(inst))
/* condition failed? */
ci->u.l.savedpc++;
/* skip jump instruction */
Return hook may not see correct values for
active local variables when function returns.
reported by Philipp Janda and Peng Yi on 19 May 2015.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.3.1.
That was the last release of Lua 5.2.
Bugs reported later are probably fixed in Lua 5.3.
Compiler can optimize away overflow check in table.unpack.
reported by Paige DePol on 30 Mar 2014.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.3.0 and 5.2.4.
unpack({}, 0, 2^31 - 1) -- crashes on some platforms with some compiler options
ltablib.c:
@@ -134,13 +135,14 @@
static int unpack (lua_State *L) {
luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE);
i = luaL_optint(L, 2, 1);
e = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkint, 3, luaL_len(L, 1));
if (i > e) return 0;
/* empty range */
n = e - i + 1;
/* number of elements */
if (n <= 0 || !lua_checkstack(L, n))
(INT_MAX - 10) || !lua_checkstack(L, ++n))
return luaL_error(L, "too many results to unpack");
lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i);
/* push arg[i] (avoiding overflow problems) */
while (i++ < e)
/* push arg[i + 1...e] */
Ephemeron table can wrongly collect entry with strong key.
reported by J?rg Richter on 22 Aug 2014.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.3.0 and 5.2.4.
This bug is very hard to reproduce,
because it depends on a specific interleaving of
events between the incremental collector and the program.
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
reallymarkobject(g, gcvalue(gval(n)));
/* mark it now */
if (g->gcstate != GCSatomic || prop)
linktable(h, &g->ephemeron);
/* have to propagate again */
else if (hasclears)
/* does table have white keys? */
linktable(h, &g->allweak);
/* may have to clean white keys */
Chunk with too many lines may crash Lua.
reported by Roberto on 14 Nov 2014.
existed since 5.1 at least.
fixed in 5.3.0 and 5.2.4.
The cause of the bug is the use of an unitialized variable, so
it cannot be reproduced reliably.
local s = string.rep("\n", 2^24)
print(load(function () return s end))
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@
/* skip `\n\r' or `\r\n' */
if (++ls->linenumber >= MAX_INT)
luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines");
lexerror(ls, "chunk has too many lines", 0);
Stack overflow in vararg functions with many fixed
parameters called with few arguments.
reported by 云风 on 17 Apr 2013.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.2.3.
function f(p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10,
p11, p12, p13, p14, p15, p16, p17, p18, p19, p20,
p21, p22, p23, p24, p25, p26, p27, p28, p29, p30,
p31, p32, p33, p34, p35, p36, p37, p38, p39, p40,
p41, p42, p43, p44, p45, p46, p48, p49, p50, ...)
local a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14
-- crashes on some machines
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
case LUA_TLCL: {
/* Lua function: prepare its call */
Proto *p = clLvalue(func)->p;
luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize);
luaD_checkstack(L, p->maxstacksize + p->numparams);
func = restorestack(L, funcr);
n = cast_int(L->top - func) - 1;
/* number of real arguments */
Garbage collector can trigger too many times in recursive loops.
reported by Roberto on 25 Apr 2013.
existed since 5.2.2.
fixed in 5.2.3.
function f() f() end
-- it takes too long before a "stack overflow" error
@@ -495,2 +495,3 @@
static lu_mem traversestack (global_State *g, lua_State *th) {
int n = 0;
StkId o = th->
@@ -505,3 +506,9 @@
return sizeof(lua_State) + sizeof(TValue) * th->
/* count call infos to compute size */
CallInfo *
for (ci = &th->base_ ci != th-> ci = ci->next)
return sizeof(lua_State) + sizeof(TValue) * th->stacksize +
sizeof(CallInfo) *
Wrong assert when reporting concatenation errors
(manifests only when Lua is compiled in debug mode).
reported by Roberto on 05 May 2013.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.3.
-- only with Lua compiled in debug mode
print({} .. 2)
@@ -519,5 +519,5 @@
l_noret luaG_concaterror (lua_State *L, StkId p1, StkId p2) {
if (ttisstring(p1) || ttisnumber(p1)) p1 = p2;
lua_assert(!ttisstring(p1) && !ttisnumber(p2));
lua_assert(!ttisstring(p1) && !ttisnumber(p1));
luaG_typeerror(L, p1, "concatenate");
Wrong error message in some short-cut expressions.
reported by Egor Skriptunoff on 10 May 2013.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.2.3.
a,b,c = true,true,true
(a and b or c)('', '')
--> stdin:1: attempt to call a boolean value (global 'c')
it should be global 'b' instead of 'c'
@@ -327,12 +327,20 @@
+static int filterpc (int pc, int jmptarget) {
if (pc < jmptarget)
/* is code conditional (inside a jump)? */
return -1;
/* cannot know who sets that register */
/* current position sets that register */
** try to find last instruction before 'lastpc' that modified register 'reg'
static int findsetreg (Proto *p, int lastpc, int reg) {
int setreg = -1;
/* keep last instruction that changed 'reg' */
int jmptarget = 0;
/* any code before this address is conditional */
for (pc = 0; pc code[pc];
OpCode op = GET_OPCODE(i);
@@ -341,33 +349,38 @@
case OP_LOADNIL: {
int b = GETARG_B(i);
if (a <= reg && reg = a + 2) setreg =
/* affect all regs above its base */
if (reg >= a + 2)
/* affect all regs above its base */
setreg = filterpc(pc, jmptarget);
case OP_CALL:
case OP_TAILCALL: {
if (reg >= a) setreg =
/* affect all registers above base */
if (reg >= a)
/* affect all registers above base */
setreg = filterpc(pc, jmptarget);
case OP_JMP: {
int b = GETARG_sBx(i);
int dest = pc + 1 +
/* jump is forward and do not skip `lastpc'? */
if (pc < dest && dest <= lastpc)
/* do the jump */
if (pc < dest && dest
jmptarget)
jmptarget =
/* update 'jmptarget' */
case OP_TEST: {
if (reg == a) setreg =
/* jumped code can change 'a' */
if (reg == a)
/* jumped code can change 'a' */
setreg = filterpc(pc, jmptarget);
if (testAMode(op) && reg == a)
/* any instruction that set A */
setreg = filterpc(pc, jmptarget);
luac listings choke on long strings.
reported by Ashwin Hirschi on 03 Jul 2013.
existed since 5.2.1.
fixed in 5.2.3.
-- When you call 'luac -l' over this chunk, it chokes the output
s="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, "
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
static void PrintConstant(const Proto* f, int i)
const TValue* o=&f->k[i];
- switch (ttype(o))
+ switch (ttypenv(o))
case LUA_TNIL:
printf("nil");
GC can collect a long string still in use during parser.
reported by Roberto on 30 Aug 2013.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.3.
This bug is very difficult to happen (and to reproduce),
because it depends on the GC running in a very specific way when
parsing a source code with long (larger than 40 characters) identifiers.
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@
#define invalidateTMcache(t) ((t)->flags = 0)
+/* returns the key, given the value of a table entry */
+#define keyfromval(v) \
(gkey(cast(Node *, cast(char *, (v)) - offsetof(Node, i_val))))
LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaH_getint (Table *t, int key);
@@ -134,4 +134,7 @@
luaC_checkGC(L);
/* string already present */
ts = rawtsvalue(keyfromval(o));
/* re-use value previously stored */
/* remove string from stack */
Call to macro luai_userstateclose should be done only
after the calls to __gc methods.
reported by Jean-Luc Jumpertz on 02 Sep 2013.
fixed in 5.2.3.
@@ -194,2 +194,4 @@
g->gcrunning = 1;
/* allow gc */
g->version = lua_version(NULL);
luai_userstateopen(L);
@@ -224,2 +226,4 @@
luaC_freeallobjects(L);
/* collect all objects */
if (g->version)
/* closing a fully built state? */
luai_userstateclose(L);
luaM_freearray(L, G(L)->strt.hash, G(L)->strt.size);
@@ -289,3 +293,3 @@
g->panic = NULL;
g->version = lua_version(NULL);
g->version = NULL;
g->gcstate = GCS
@@ -308,4 +312,2 @@
luai_userstateopen(L);
@@ -317,3 +319,2 @@
lua_lock(L);
luai_userstateclose(L);
close_state(L);
Resuming the running coroutine makes it unyieldable.
reported by Florian Nücke on 28 Oct 2013.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.3.
-- should print 'true'
print(coroutine.resume(coroutine.create(function()
coroutine.resume(coroutine.running())
coroutine.yield()
@@ -536,2 +536,3 @@
int oldnny = L->
/* save 'nny' */
lua_lock(L);
@@ -557,3 +558,3 @@
L->nny = 1;
/* do not allow yields */
/* restore 'nny' */
L->nCcalls--;
Some patterns can overflow the C stack, due to recursion.
reported by Tim Starling on 08 Jul 2012.
existed since 2.5.
fixed in 5.2.2.
print(string.find(string.rep("a", 2^20), string.rep(".?", 2^20)))
pcall may not restore previous error function when
inside coroutines.
reported by Alexander Gavrilov on 12 Jun 2012.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.2.
function errfunc(x)
return 'errfunc'
function test(do_yield)
print(do_yield and "yielding" or "not yielding")
pcall(function() -- this pcall sets errfunc back to none
if do_yield then
coroutine.yield() -- stops errfunc from being restored
error('fail!')
coro = coroutine.wrap(function()
print(xpcall(test, errfunc, false))
print(xpcall(test, errfunc, true))
print(xpcall(test, errfunc, false))
--> not yielding
--> false errfunc
--> yielding
--> false temp:12: fail!
<<< not yielding
--> false errfunc
@@ -403,7 +403,11 @@
lua_assert(ci->u.c.k != NULL);
/* must have a continuation */
lua_assert(L->nny == 0);
/* finish 'lua_callk' */
if (ci->callstatus & CIST_YPCALL) {
/* was inside a pcall? */
ci->callstatus &= ~CIST_YPCALL;
/* finish 'lua_pcall' */
L->errfunc = ci->u.c.old_
/* finish 'lua_callk'/'lua_pcall' */
adjustresults(L, ci->nresults);
/* call continuation function */
if (!(ci->callstatus & CIST_STAT))
/* no call status? */
Check for garbage collector in function calls does not cover
all paths.
reported by Roberto on 15 Aug 2012.
existed since 5.2.1.
fixed in 5.2.2.
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@
ci->top = L->top + LUA_MINSTACK;
lua_assert(ci->top stack_last);
ci->callstatus = 0;
luaC_checkGC(L);
/* stack grow uses memory */
if (L->hookmask & LUA_MASKCALL)
luaD_hook(L, LUA_HOOKCALL, -1);
lua_unlock(L);
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@
ci->u.l.savedpc = p->
/* starting point */
ci->callstatus = CIST_LUA;
L->top = ci->
luaC_checkGC(L);
/* stack grow uses memory */
if (L->hookmask & LUA_MASKCALL)
callhook(L, ci);
@@ -393,7 +395,6 @@
luaV_execute(L);
/* call it */
if (!allowyield) L->nny--;
L->nCcalls--;
luaC_checkGC(L);
load and loadfile return wrong result when given an environment
for a binary chunk with no upvalues.
reported by Vladimir Strakh on 28 Nov 2012.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.2.
f = load(string.dump(function () return 1 end), nil, "b", {})
print(type(f))
--> table (should be function)
lbaselib.c:
@@ -244,5 +244,11 @@
-static int load_aux (lua_State *L, int status) {
if (status == LUA_OK)
+static int load_aux (lua_State *L, int status, int envidx) {
if (status == LUA_OK) {
if (envidx != 0) {
/* 'env' parameter? */
lua_pushvalue(L, envidx);
/* environment for loaded function */
if (!lua_setupvalue(L, -2, 1))
/* set it as 1st upvalue */
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* remove 'env' if not used by previous call */
@@ -258,9 +264,5 @@
const char *mode = luaL_optstring(L, 2, NULL);
int env = !lua_isnone(L, 3);
/* 'env' parameter? */
int env = (!lua_isnone(L, 3) ? 3 : 0);
/* 'env' index or 0 if no 'env' */
int status = luaL_loadfilex(L, fname, mode);
if (status == LUA_OK && env) {
/* 'env' parameter? */
lua_pushvalue(L, 3);
lua_setupvalue(L, -2, 1);
/* set it as 1st upvalue of loaded chunk */
return load_aux(L, status);
return load_aux(L, status, env);
@@ -309,5 +311,5 @@
int top = lua_gettop(L);
const char *s = lua_tolstring(L, 1, &l);
const char *mode = luaL_optstring(L, 3, "bt");
int env = (!lua_isnone(L, 4) ? 4 : 0);
/* 'env' index or 0 if no 'env' */
if (s != NULL) {
/* loading a string? */
@@ -322,7 +324,3 @@
if (status == LUA_OK && top >= 4) {
/* is there an 'env' argument */
lua_pushvalue(L, 4);
/* environment for loaded function */
lua_setupvalue(L, -2, 1);
/* set it as 1st upvalue */
return load_aux(L, status);
return load_aux(L, status, env);
Memory hoarding when creating Lua hooks for coroutines.
reported by Arseny Vakhrushev on 16 Jan 2012.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.2.1.
collectgarbage(); print(collectgarbage'count' * 1024)
for i = 1, 100 do
local co = coroutine.create(function () end)
local x = {}
for j=1,1000 do x[j] = j end
debug.sethook(co, function () return x end, 'l')
collectgarbage(); print(collectgarbage'count' * 1024)
-- value should back to near the original level
@@ -253,14 +253,15 @@
-#define gethooktable(L) luaL_getsubtable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, HOOKKEY);
+#define gethooktable(L) luaL_getsubtable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, HOOKKEY)
static void hookf (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar) {
static const char *const hooknames[] =
{"call", "return", "line", "count", "tail call"};
gethooktable(L);
lua_rawgetp(L, -1, L);
lua_pushthread(L);
lua_rawget(L, -2);
if (lua_isfunction(L, -1)) {
lua_pushstring(L, hooknames[(int)ar->event]);
if (ar->currentline >= 0)
@@ -306,10 +307,15 @@
count = luaL_optint(L, arg+3, 0);
func = mask = makemask(smask, count);
gethooktable(L);
if (gethooktable(L) == 0) {
/* creating hook table? */
lua_pushstring(L, "k");
lua_setfield(L, -2, "__mode");
/** hooktable.__mode = "k" */
lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
/* setmetatable(hooktable) = hooktable */
lua_pushthread(L1); lua_xmove(L1, L, 1);
lua_pushvalue(L, arg+1);
lua_rawsetp(L, -2, L1);
/* set new hook */
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* remove hook table */
lua_rawset(L, -3);
/* set new hook */
lua_sethook(L1, func, mask, count);
/* set hooks */
@@ -325,7 +331,8 @@
lua_pushliteral(L, "external hook");
gethooktable(L);
lua_rawgetp(L, -1, L1);
/* get hook */
lua_pushthread(L1); lua_xmove(L1, L, 1);
lua_rawget(L, -2);
/* get hook */
lua_remove(L, -2);
/* remove hook table */
lua_pushstring(L, unmakemask(mask, buff));
Lexical gets confused with some combination of arithmetic
operators and hexadecimal numbers.
reported by Alexandra Barros on 17 Jan 2012.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.1.
print(0xE+1)
@@ -223,12 +223,19 @@
/* LUA_NUMBER */
static void read_numeral (LexState *ls, SemInfo *seminfo) {
const char *expo = "Ee";
int first = ls->
lua_assert(lisdigit(ls->current));
save_and_next(ls);
if (check_next(ls, "EePp"))
/* exponent part? */
save_and_next(ls);
if (first == '0' && check_next(ls, "Xx"))
/* hexadecimal? */
expo = "Pp";
for (;;) {
if (check_next(ls, expo))
/* exponent part? */
check_next(ls, "+-");
/* optional exponent sign */
} while (lislalnum(ls->current) || ls->current == '.');
if (lisxdigit(ls->current) || ls->current == '.')
save_and_next(ls);
save(ls, '\0');
buffreplace(ls, '.', ls->decpoint);
/* follow locale for decimal point */
if (!buff2d(ls->buff, &seminfo->r))
/* format error? */
Finalizers may call functions from a dynamic library after
the library has been unloaded.
reported by Josh Haberman on 08 Apr 2012.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.2.1.
local u = setmetatable({}, {__gc = function () foo() end})
local m = require 'mod'
-- 'mod' may be any dynamic library written in C
foo = m.foo
-- 'foo' may be any function from 'mod'
-- it crashes
loadlib.c:
#define CLIBS
251,266c251,256
< static void **ll_register (lua_State *L, const char *path) {
lua_pushfstring(L, "%s%s", LIBPREFIX, path);
lua_gettable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
/* check library in registry? */
if (!lua_isnil(L, -1))
/* is there an entry? */
plib = (void **)lua_touserdata(L, -1);
/* create one */
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* remove result from gettable */
plib = (void **)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(const void *));
*plib = NULL;
luaL_setmetatable(L, "_LOADLIB");
lua_pushfstring(L, "%s%s", LIBPREFIX, path);
lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
lua_settable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
static void *ll_checkclib (lua_State *L, const char *path) {
lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, CLIBS);
lua_getfield(L, -1, path);
plib = lua_touserdata(L, -1);
/* plib = CLIBS[path] */
lua_pop(L, 2);
/* pop CLIBS table and 'plib' */
270a261,270
> static void ll_addtoclib (lua_State *L, const char *path, void *plib) {
lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, CLIBS);
lua_pushlightuserdata(L, plib);
lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
lua_setfield(L, -3, path);
/* CLIBS[path] = plib */
lua_rawseti(L, -2, luaL_len(L, -2) + 1);
/* CLIBS[#CLIBS + 1] = plib */
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* pop CLIBS table */
272,273c272,273
< ** __gc tag method: calls library's `ll_unloadlib' function with the lib
** __gc tag method for CLIBS table: calls 'll_unloadlib' for all lib
> ** handles in list CLIBS
276,278c276,281
void **lib = (void **)luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "_LOADLIB");
if (*lib) ll_unloadlib(*lib);
int n = luaL_len(L, 1);
for (; n >= 1; n--) {
/* for each handle, in reverse order */
lua_rawgeti(L, 1, n);
/* get handle CLIBS[n] */
ll_unloadlib(lua_touserdata(L, -1));
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* pop handle */
284,286c287,292
void **reg = ll_register(L, path);
if (*reg == NULL) *reg = ll_load(L, path, *sym == '*');
void *reg = ll_checkclib(L, path);
/* check loaded C libraries */
if (reg == NULL) {
/* must load library? */
reg = ll_load(L, path, *sym == '*');
if (reg == NULL) return ERRLIB;
/* unable to load library */
ll_addtoclib(L, path, reg);
lua_CFunction f = ll_sym(L, reg, sym);
675,676c681,683
/* create new type _LOADLIB */
/* create table CLIBS to keep track of loaded C libraries */
luaL_getsubtable(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, CLIBS);
lua_createtable(L, 0, 1);
/* metatable for CLIBS */
lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
Wrong handling of nCcalls in coroutines.
reported by Alexander Gavrilov on 18 Apr 2012.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.1.
coroutine.wrap(function()
print(pcall(pcall,pcall,pcall,pcall,pcall,error,3))
@@ -402,8 +402,6 @@
lua_assert(ci->u.c.k != NULL);
/* must have a continuation */
lua_assert(L->nny == 0);
/* finish 'luaD_call' */
L->nCcalls--;
/* finish 'lua_callk' */
adjustresults(L, ci->nresults);
/* call continuation function */
@@ -513,7 +511,6 @@
api_checknelems(L, n);
firstArg = L->top -
/* yield results come from continuation */
L->nCcalls--;
/* finish 'luaD_call' */
luaD_poscall(L, firstArg);
/* finish 'luaD_precall' */
unroll(L, NULL);
Internal Lua values may escape through the debug API.
reported by Dan Tull on 20 Apr 2012.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.2.1.
local firsttime = true
local function foo ()
if firsttime then
firsttime = false
return "a = 1"
for i = 1, 10 do
print(debug.getlocal(2, i))
print(load(foo))
-- prints some lines and then crashes
Problems when yielding from debug hooks.
reported by Erik Cassel on 05 Jun 2012.
existed since 5.2.0.
fixed in 5.2.1.
In C, set a line hook that simply yields,
and then call any Lua function.
You get an infinite loop of yields.
That was the last release of Lua 5.1.
Bugs reported later are probably fixed in Lua 5.2.
Comments in src/Makefile are not portable.
reported by Lorenzo Donati on 09 Mar 2012.
existed since 5.1.5.
fixed in 5.2.0.
This glitch happens when compiling Lua o
it does not seem to affect other systems.
src/Makefile:
@@ -50,3 +50,3 @@
$(LUA_A): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
- $(AR) $@ $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O) # DLL needs all object files
+ $(AR) $@ $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
$(RANLIB) $@
When loading a file,
Lua may call the reader function again after it returned end of input
reported by Chris Howie on 05 Jun 2013.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.2.0.
load(function () print("called"); return nil end)
--> called
--> called
(should be called only once!)
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
/* additional data */
lua_State *L;
/* Lua state (for reader) */
/* true if reader has no more data */
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
lua_State *L = z->L;
const char *
if (z->eoz) return EOZ;
lua_unlock(L);
buff = z->reader(L, z->data, &size);
lua_lock(L);
if (buff == NULL || size == 0) return EOZ;
if (buff == NULL || size == 0) {
z->eoz = 1;
/* avoid calling reader function next time */
return EOZ;
z->n = size - 1;
return char2int(*(z->p++));
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@
z->p = NULL;
z->eoz = 0;
Maliciously crafted precompiled code can crash Lua.
reported by Peter Cawley on 01 Sep 2008.
To avoid running precompiled code from untrusted sources, raise
an error if the first byte in the stream is the escape character
(decimal 27).
Smart use of varargs may create functions that return too
many arguments and overflow the stack of C&functions.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 10 Dec 2008.
fixed in 5.1.5.
function lunpack(i, ...)
if i == 0 then
return ...
return lunpack(i-1, 1, ...)
Now, if C calls lunpack(n) with a huge n, it may end with
too many values in its stack and confuse its stack indices.
Wrong code generation for some particular boolean expressions.
(see also )
reported by Brian Kelley on 15 Apr 2009.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.5.
print(((1 or false) and true) or false)
--> 1, but should be 'true'
( see also )
@@ -544,15 +544,18 @@
pc = NO_JUMP;
/* do nothing */
case VFALSE: {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
case VJMP: {
invertjump(fs, e);
case VFALSE: {
if (!hasjumps(e)) {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
/* else go through */
default: {
pc = jumponcond(fs, e, 0);
@@ -572,14 +575,17 @@
pc = NO_JUMP;
/* do nothing */
case VTRUE: {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
case VJMP: {
case VTRUE: {
if (!hasjumps(e)) {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
/* else go through */
default: {
pc = jumponcond(fs, e, 1);
luaV_settable may invalidate a reference to a table and try
to reuse it.
reported by Mark Feldman on 27 Jun 2009.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.5.
grandparent = {}
grandparent.__newindex = function(s,_,_) print(s) end
parent = {}
parent.__newindex = parent
setmetatable(parent, grandparent)
child = setmetatable({}, parent)
child.foo = 10
--> (crash on some machines)
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
void luaV_settable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val) {
for (loop = 0; loop < MAXTAGLOOP; loop++) {
const TValue *
if (ttistable(t)) {
/* `t' is a table? */
@@ -152,7 +153,9 @@
callTM(L, tm, t, key, val);
/* else repeat with `tm' */
/* else repeat with `tm' */
setobj(L, &temp, tm);
/* avoid pointing inside table (may rehash) */
luaG_runerror(L, "loop in settable");
debug.getfenv does not check whether it has an argument.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 30 Jul 2009.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.5.
debug.getfenv()
-- should raise an error
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
static int db_getfenv (lua_State *L) {
luaL_checkany(L, 1);
lua_getfenv(L, 1);
GC may get stuck during parsing and avoids proper resizing of
the string table,
making its lists grow too much and degrading performance.
reported by Sean Conner on 10 Nov 2009.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.5.
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@
lua_State *L = ls->L;
TString *ts = luaS_newlstr(L, str, l);
TValue *o = luaH_setstr(L, ls->fs->h, ts);
/* entry for `str' */
if (ttisnil(o))
if (ttisnil(o)) {
setbvalue(o, 1);
/* make sure `str' will not be collected */
luaC_checkGC(L);
string.format may get buffer as an argument when there are
missing arguments and format string is too long.
reported by Roberto on 12 Apr 2010.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.5.
x = string.rep("x", 10000) .. "%d"
print(string.format(x))
-- gives wrong error message
lstrlib.c:
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@
static int str_format (lua_State *L) {
int top = lua_gettop(L);
int arg = 1;
const char *strfrmt = luaL_checklstring(L, arg, &sfl);
@@ -768,7 +769,8 @@
else { /* format item */
char form[MAX_FORMAT];
/* to store the format (`%...') */
char buff[MAX_ITEM];
/* to store the formatted item */
if (++arg > top)
luaL_argerror(L, arg, "no value");
strfrmt = scanformat(L, strfrmt, form);
switch (*strfrmt++) {
case 'c': {
io.read("*n","*n") may return garbage if second read fails.
reported by Roberto on 12 Apr 2010.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.5.
print(io.read("*n", "*n"))
--< file (0x884420) nil
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@
lua_pushnumber(L, d);
else return 0;
/* read fails */
lua_pushnil(L);
/* "result" to be removed */
/* read fails */
Wrong code generation for some particular boolean expressions.
reported by Thierry Van Elsuwe on 20 Jan 2011.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.5.
print((('hi' or true) and true) or true)
(should be true)
print(((nil and nil) or false) and true)
(should be false)
(to be applied after the patch in )
@@ -549,13 +549,6 @@
case VFALSE: {
if (!hasjumps(e)) {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
/* else go through */
default: {
pc = jumponcond(fs, e, 0);
@@ -579,13 +572,6 @@
case VTRUE: {
if (!hasjumps(e)) {
pc = luaK_jump(fs);
/* always jump */
/* else go through */
default: {
pc = jumponcond(fs, e, 1);
Newindex metamethod may not work if metatable is its own metatable.
reported by Cuero Bugot on 09 Aug 2011.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.5.
setmetatable(meta, meta)
meta.__newindex = function(t, key, value) print("set") end
o = setmetatable({}, meta)
-- should print 'set'
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
if (!ttisnil(oldval) ||
/* result is no nil? */
(tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_NEWINDEX)) == NULL) { /* or no TM? */
setobj2t(L, oldval, val);
h->flags = 0;
luaC_barriert(L, h, val);
Parser may collect a prototype while building it.
reported by Ingo van Lil on 13 Oct 2011.
existed since 5.1.4 (caused by patch 5.1.4-6).
fixed in 5.1.5.
lparser.c:
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@
lua_assert(luaG_checkcode(f));
lua_assert(fs->bl == NULL);
ls->fs = fs->
L->top -= 2;
/* remove table and prototype from the stack */
/* last token read was anchored must reanchor it */
if (fs) anchor_token(ls);
L->top -= 2;
/* remove table and prototype from the stack */
LUAI_MAXCSTACK must be smaller than -LUA_REGISTRYINDEX.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 11 Feb 2008.
existed since 5.1.3.
fixed in 5.1.4.
co = coroutine.create(function()
for i = 1, j do t[i] = i end
return unpack(t)
print(coroutine.resume(co))
luaconf.h:
443c443,444
** functions to consume unlimited stack space. (must be smaller than
> ** -LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
445,446c446
< #define LUAI_MCS_AUX
((int)(INT_MAX / (4*sizeof(LUA_NUMBER))))
SHRT_MAX ? SHRT_MAX : LUAI_MCS_AUX)
> #define LUAI_MAXCSTACK
coroutine.resume pushes element without ensuring stack size.
reported on 11 Feb 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
This bug cannot be detected without internal assertions.
lbaselib.c:
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
status = lua_resume(co, narg);
if (status == 0 || status == LUA_YIELD) {
int nres = lua_gettop(co);
if (!lua_checkstack(L, nres))
if (!lua_checkstack(L, nres + 1))
luaL_error(L, "too many results to resume");
lua_xmove(co, L, nres);
/* move yielded values */
lua_checkstack may have arithmetic overflow for large 'size'.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 12 Feb 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
print(unpack({1,2,3}, 0, 2^31-3))
@@ -93,15 +93,14 @@
LUA_API int lua_checkstack (lua_State *L, int size) {
int res = 1;
lua_lock(L);
if ((L->top - L->base + size) > LUAI_MAXCSTACK)
if (size > LUAI_MAXCSTACK || (L->top - L->base + size) > LUAI_MAXCSTACK)
/* stack overflow */
else if (size > 0) {
luaD_checkstack(L, size);
if (L->ci->top top + size)
L->ci->top = L->top +
lua_unlock(L);
unpack with maximum indices may crash due to arithmetic overflow.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 12 Feb 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.4.
print(unpack({1,2,3}, 2^31-1, 2^31-1))
lbaselib.c:
@@ -344,10 +344,12 @@
luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TTABLE);
i = luaL_optint(L, 2, 1);
e = luaL_opt(L, luaL_checkint, 3, luaL_getn(L, 1));
if (i > e) return 0;
/* empty range */
n = e - i + 1;
/* number of elements */
if (n <= 0) return 0;
/* empty range */
luaL_checkstack(L, n, "table too big to unpack");
for (; i<=e; i++)
/* push arg[i...e] */
if (n <= 0 || !lua_checkstack(L, n))
/* n <= 0 means arith. overflow */
return luaL_error(L, "too many results to unpack");
lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i);
/* push arg[i] (avoiding overflow problems) */
while (i++ < e)
/* push arg[i + 1...e] */
lua_rawgeti(L, 1, i);
Maliciously crafted precompiled code can crash Lua.
reported by Peter Cawley on 24 Mar 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
a = string.dump(function()end)
a = a:gsub(string.char(30,37,122,128), string.char(34,0,0), 1)
loadstring(a)()
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@
static int precheck (const Proto *pt) {
check(pt->maxstacksize numparams+(pt->is_vararg & VARARG_HASARG) maxstacksize);
lua_assert(!(pt->is_vararg & VARARG_NEEDSARG) ||
check(pt->numparams+(pt->is_vararg & VARARG_HASARG) maxstacksize);
check(!(pt->is_vararg & VARARG_NEEDSARG) ||
(pt->is_vararg & VARARG_HASARG));
check(pt->sizeupvalues nups);
check(pt->sizelineinfo == pt->sizecode || pt->sizelineinfo == 0);
check(GET_OPCODE(pt->code[pt->sizecode-1]) == OP_RETURN);
check(pt->sizecode > 0 && GET_OPCODE(pt->code[pt->sizecode-1]) == OP_RETURN);
@@ -363,7 +363,11 @@
switch (op) {
case OP_LOADBOOL: {
check(c == 0 || pc+2 sizecode);
/* check its jump */
if (c == 1) {
/* does it jump? */
check(pc+2 sizecode);
/* check its jump */
check(GET_OPCODE(pt->code[pc+1]) != OP_SETLIST ||
GETARG_C(pt->code[pc+1]) != 0);
case OP_LOADNIL: {
@@ -428,7 +432,10 @@
case OP_SETLIST: {
if (b > 0) checkreg(pt, a + b);
if (c == 0) pc++;
if (c == 0) {
check(pc sizecode - 1);
case OP_CLOSURE: {
Maliciously crafted precompiled code can blow the C stack.
reported by Greg Falcon on 25 Mar 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
function crash(depth)
local init = '\27\76\117\97\81\0\1\4\4\4\8\0\7\0\0\0\61\115\116' ..
'\100\105\110\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\2\0\0\0\36' ..
'\0\0\0\30\0\128\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0' ..
'\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\2'
local mid = '\1\0\0\0\30\0\128\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0'
local fin = '\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\2\0' ..
'\0\0\97\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'
local lch = '\2\0\0\0\36\0\0\0\30\0\128\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0' ..
'\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\2'
local rch = '\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\2\0' ..
'\0\0\97\0\1\0\0\0\1'
for i=1,depth do lch,rch = lch..lch,rch..rch end
loadstring(init .. lch .. mid .. rch .. fin)
for i=1,25 do print(i); crash(i) end
lundump.c:
@@ -161,7 +160,9 @@
static Proto* LoadFunction(LoadState* S, TString* p)
- Proto* f=luaF_newproto(S->L);
+ if (++S->L->nCcalls > LUAI_MAXCCALLS) error(S,"code too deep");
+ f=luaF_newproto(S->L);
setptvalue2s(S->L,S->L->top,f); incr_top(S->L);
f->source=LoadString(S); if (f->source==NULL) f->source=p;
f->linedefined=LoadInt(S);
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@
LoadDebug(S,f);
IF (!luaG_checkcode(f), "bad code");
S->L->top--;
+ S->L->nCcalls--;
Code validator may reject (maliciously crafted) correct code.
reported by Greg Falcon on 26 Mar 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
for i=1,27290 do z[i]='1,' end
z = 'if 1+1==2 then local a={' .. table.concat(z) .. '} end'
func = loadstring(z)
print(loadstring(string.dump(func)))
@@ -346,9 +346,18 @@
int dest = pc+1+b;
check(0 <= dest && dest sizecode);
if (dest > 0) {
/* cannot jump to a setlist count */
Instruction d = pt->code[dest-1];
check(!(GET_OPCODE(d) == OP_SETLIST && GETARG_C(d) == 0));
/* check that it does not jum this
is tricky, because the count from a previous setlist may
have the same value o so, we must
go all the way back to the first of them (if any) */
for (j = 0; j code[dest-1-j];
if (!(GET_OPCODE(d) == OP_SETLIST && GETARG_C(d) == 0))
/* if 'j' is even, previous value is not a setlist (even if
it looks like one) */
check((j&1) == 0);
Maliciously crafted precompiled code can inject invalid boolean
values into Lua code.
reported by Greg Falcon on 27 Mar 2008.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.4.
maybe = string.dump(function() return ({[true]=true})[true] end)
maybe = maybe:gsub('\1\1','\1\2')
maybe = loadstring(maybe)()
assert(type(maybe) == "boolean" and maybe ~= true and maybe ~= false)
lundump.c:
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
setnilvalue(o);
case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
setbvalue(o,LoadChar(S));
setbvalue(o,LoadChar(S)!=0);
case LUA_TNUMBER:
setnvalue(o,LoadNumber(S));
string.byte gets confused with some out-of-range negative indices.
reported by Mike Pall on 03 Jun 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.4.
print(string.byte("abc", -5))
(should print nothing)
lstrlib.c:
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
static ptrdiff_t posrelat (ptrdiff_t pos, size_t len) {
/* relative string position: negative means back from end */
return (pos>=0) ? pos : (ptrdiff_t)len+pos+1;
if (pos = 0) ? pos : 0;
User-requested GC step may loop forever.
reported by Makoto Hamanaka on 01 Jul 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.4.
collectgarbage("setpause", 100) -- small value
collectgarbage("setstepmul", 2000) -- large value
collectgarbage("step",0)
@@ -929,10 +929,13 @@
g->GCthreshold = g->totalbytes -
g->GCthreshold = 0;
while (g->GCthreshold totalbytes)
while (g->GCthreshold totalbytes) {
luaC_step(L);
if (g->gcstate == GCSpause)
/* end of cycle? */
/* signal it */
if (g->gcstate == GCSpause) {
/* end of cycle? */
/* signal it */
case LUA_GCSETPAUSE: {
module may change the environment of a C function.
reported by Peter Cawley on 16 Jul 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.4.
pcall(module, "xuxu")
assert(debug.getfenv(pcall) == xuxu)
loadlib.c:
@@ -506,8 +506,11 @@
static void setfenv (lua_State *L) {
lua_getstack(L, 1, &ar);
lua_getinfo(L, "f", &ar);
if (lua_getstack(L, 1, &ar) == 0 ||
lua_getinfo(L, "f", &ar) == 0 ||
/* get calling function */
lua_iscfunction(L, -1))
luaL_error(L, "function " LUA_QL("module")
" not called from a Lua function");
lua_pushvalue(L, -2);
lua_setfenv(L, -2);
lua_pop(L, 1);
Internal macro svalue is wrong.
reported by Martijn van Buul on 04 Aug 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.4.
/* in luaconf.h */
#define LUAI_USER_ALIGNMENT_T
union { char b[32]; }
lobject.h:
@@ -210,3 +210,3 @@
#define getstr(ts) cast(const char *, (ts) + 1)
-#define svalue(o)
getstr(tsvalue(o))
+#define svalue(o)
getstr(rawtsvalue(o))
Lua may close standard files,
which then may be used by C.
reported by David Manura on 17 Apr 2007.
fixed in 5.1.3.
Code generated for -nil, -true, and -false is wrong.
reported by David Manura and Rici Lake on 29 Apr 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
print(-nil)
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
e2.t = e2.f = NO_JUMP; e2.k = VKNUM; e2.u.nval = 0;
switch (op) {
case OPR_MINUS: {
if (e->k == VK)
if (!isnumeral(e))
luaK_exp2anyreg(fs, e);
/* cannot operate on non-numeric constants */
codearith(fs, OP_UNM, e, &e2);
Count hook may be called without being set.
reported by Mike Pall in May 2007.
fixed in 5.1.3.
@@ -61,11 +61,9 @@
lu_byte mask = L->
const Instruction *oldpc = L->
L->savedpc =
if (mask > LUA_MASKLINE) {
/* instruction-hook set? */
if (L->hookcount == 0) {
resethookcount(L);
luaD_callhook(L, LUA_HOOKCOUNT, -1);
if ((mask & LUA_MASKCOUNT) && L->hookcount == 0) {
resethookcount(L);
luaD_callhook(L, LUA_HOOKCOUNT, -1);
if (mask & LUA_MASKLINE) {
Proto *p = ci_func(L->ci)->l.p;
Recursive coroutines may overflow C stack.
a = function(a) coroutine.wrap(a)(a) end
The 'nCcalls' counter should be shared by all threads.
(That is, it should be declared in the 'global_State' structure,
not in 'lua_State'.)
Wrong error message in some concatenations.
reported by Alex Davies in May 2007.
existed since 5.1.2.
fixed in 5.1.3.
a = a = (1)..a
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@
void luaG_concaterror (lua_State *L, StkId p1, StkId p2) {
if (ttisstring(p1)) p1 = p2;
lua_assert(!ttisstring(p1));
if (ttisstring(p1) || ttisnumber(p1)) p1 = p2;
lua_assert(!ttisstring(p1) && !ttisnumber(p1));
luaG_typeerror(L, p1, "concatenate");
Very small numbers all collide in the hash function.
(This creates only
the behavior is correct.).
reported on 18 Apr 2007.
existed since Lua 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.3.
87,88c87,88
/* normalize number (avoid -0) */
lua_assert(sizeof(a)
if (luai_numeq(n, 0))
/* avoid problems with -0 */
return gnode(t, 0);
Too many variables in an assignment may cause a C stack overflow.
reported by Mike Pall on 31 Jul 2007.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.3.
$ ulimit -s 1024
# Reduce C stack to 1MB for quicker results
$ lua -e 'local s = "a,"; for i=1,18 do s = s..s end print(loadstring(""..s.."a=nil", ""))'
lparser.c:
@@ -938,6 +938,8 @@
primaryexp(ls, &nv.v);
if (nv.v.k == VLOCAL)
check_conflict(ls, lh, &nv.v);
luaY_checklimit(ls->fs, nvars, LUAI_MAXCCALLS - ls->L->nCcalls,
"variable names");
assignment(ls, &nv, nvars+1);
/* assignment -> `=' explist1 */
An error in a module loaded through the '-l' option
shows no traceback.
reported by David Manura on 25 Aug 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
lua -ltemp
(assuming temp.lua has an error)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
static int dolibrary (lua_State *L, const char *name) {
lua_getglobal(L, "require");
lua_pushstring(L, name);
return report(L, lua_pcall(L, 1, 0, 0));
return report(L, docall(L, 1, 1));
gsub may go wild when wrongly called without its third
argument and with a large subject.
reported by Florian Berger on 26 Oct 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
x = string.rep('a', 10000) .. string.rep('b', 10000)
print(#string.gsub(x, 'b'))
lstrlib.c:
@@ -631,6 +631,2 @@
default: {
luaL_argerror(L, 3, "string/function/table expected");
@@ -650,2 +646,3 @@
const char *p = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
tr = lua_type(L, 3);
int max_s = luaL_optint(L, 4, srcl+1);
@@ -655,2 +652,5 @@
luaL_argcheck(L, tr == LUA_TNUMBER || tr == LUA_TSTRING ||
tr == LUA_TFUNCTION || tr == LUA_TTABLE, 3,
"string/function/table expected");
luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
table.remove removes last element of a table when given
an out-of-bound index.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 13 Nov 2007.
existed since 5.0 at least.
fixed in 5.1.3.
a = {1,2,3}
table.remove(a, 4)
print(a[3])
(should be 3)
ltablib.c:
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
static int tremove (lua_State *L) {
int e = aux_getn(L, 1);
int pos = luaL_optint(L, 2, e);
if (e == 0) return 0;
/* table is `empty' */
if (!(1 <= pos && pos <= e))
/* position is outside bounds? */
/* nothing to remove */
luaL_setn(L, 1, e - 1);
/* t.n = n-1 */
lua_rawgeti(L, 1, pos);
/* result = t[pos] */
for ( ;pos&e; pos++) {
lua_setfenv may crash if called over an invalid object.
reported by Mike Pall on 28 Nov 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
> debug.setfenv(3, {})
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
luaC_objbarrier(L, gcvalue(o), hvalue(L->top - 1));
if (res) luaC_objbarrier(L, gcvalue(o), hvalue(L->top - 1));
lua_unlock(L);
Stand-alone interpreter shows incorrect error message
when the "message" is a coroutine.
reported by Patrick Donnelly on 17 Dec 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
> error(coroutine.create(function() end))
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
static int traceback (lua_State *L) {
if (!lua_isstring(L, 1))
/* 'message' not a string? */
/* keep it intact */
lua_getfield(L, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, "debug");
if (!lua_istable(L, -1)) {
lua_pop(L, 1);
debug.sethook/gethook may overflow the thread's stack.
reported by Ivko Stanilov on 04 Jan 2008.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.3.
a = coroutine.create(function() yield() end)
coroutine.resume(a)
debug.sethook(a)
-- may overflow the stack of 'a'
@@ -268,12 +268,11 @@
count = luaL_optint(L, arg+3, 0);
func = mask = makemask(smask, count);
gethooktable(L1);
lua_pushlightuserdata(L1, L1);
gethooktable(L);
lua_pushlightuserdata(L, L1);
lua_pushvalue(L, arg+1);
lua_xmove(L, L1, 1);
lua_rawset(L1, -3);
/* set new hook */
lua_pop(L1, 1);
/* remove hook table */
lua_rawset(L, -3);
/* set new hook */
lua_pop(L, 1);
/* remove hook table */
lua_sethook(L1, func, mask, count);
/* set hooks */
@@ -288,11 +287,10 @@
if (hook != NULL && hook != hookf)
/* external hook? */
lua_pushliteral(L, "external hook");
gethooktable(L1);
lua_pushlightuserdata(L1, L1);
lua_rawget(L1, -2);
/* get hook */
lua_remove(L1, -2);
/* remove hook table */
lua_xmove(L1, L, 1);
gethooktable(L);
lua_pushlightuserdata(L, L1);
lua_rawget(L, -2);
/* get hook */
lua_remove(L, -2);
/* remove hook table */
lua_pushstring(L, unmakemask(mask, buff));
lua_pushinteger(L, lua_gethookcount(L1));
List constructors have wrong limit.
reported by Norman Ramsey on 5 Jun 2006.
existed since Lua 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.2.
a[1] = "x={1"
for i = 2, 2^20 do
a[#a + 1] = "}"
s = table.concat(a, ",")
assert(loadstring(s))()
lparser.c:
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
static void listfield (LexState *ls, struct ConsControl *cc) {
expr(ls, &cc->v);
luaY_checklimit(ls->fs, cc->na, MAXARG_Bx, "items in a constructor");
luaY_checklimit(ls->fs, cc->na, MAX_INT, "items in a constructor");
cc->tostore++;
Wrong message error in some cases involving closures.
reported by Shmuel Zeigerman on 8 Jul 2006.
existed since Lua 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.2.
local function main()
NoSuchName (function() Var=0 end)
The error message is
attempt to call upvalue 'Var' (a nil value).
It should be
attempt to call global 'NoSuchName' (a nil value).
@@ -435,14 +435,16 @@
case OP_CLOSURE: {
check(b sizep);
nup = pt->p[b]->
check(pc + nup sizecode);
for (; nup>0; nup--) {
OpCode op1 = GET_OPCODE(pt->code[pc+nup]);
for (j = 1; j code[pc + j]);
check(op1 == OP_GETUPVAL || op1 == OP_MOVE);
if (reg != NO_REG)
/* tracing? */
/* do not 'execute' these pseudo-instructions */
case OP_VARARG: {
string.format("%") may read past the string.
reported by Roberto in Sep 2006.
existed since 5.0 at least.
fixed in 5.1.2.
print(string.format("%"))
lstrlib.c:
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@
static const char *scanformat (lua_State *L, const char *strfrmt, char *form) {
const char *p =
while (strchr(FLAGS, *p)) p++;
/* skip flags */
while (*p != '\0' && strchr(FLAGS, *p) != NULL) p++;
/* skip flags */
if ((size_t)(p - strfrmt) >= sizeof(FLAGS))
luaL_error(L, "invalid format (repeated flags)");
if (isdigit(uchar(*p))) p++;
/* skip width */
os.date throws an error when result is the empty string.
reported by Nick Gammon on 15 Sep 2006.
existed since 4.0.
fixed in 5.1.2.
print(os.date(""))
@@ -148,7 +148,18 @@
char b[256];
if (strftime(b, sizeof(b), s, stm))
lua_pushstring(L, b);
return luaL_error(L, LUA_QL("date") " format too long");
char cc[3];
cc[0] = '%'; cc[2] = '\0';
luaL_buffinit(L, &b);
for (; *s; s++) {
if (*s != '%' || *(s + 1) == '\0')
/* no conversion specifier? */
luaL_addchar(&b, *s);
char buff[200];
/* should be big enough for any conversion result */
cc[1] = *(++s);
reslen = strftime(buff, sizeof(buff), cc, stm);
luaL_addlstring(&b, buff, reslen);
luaL_pushresult(&b);
setfenv accepts invalid first argument.
reported by Doug Rogers in 8 Feb 2007.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.2.
setfenv(nil, {})
-- should throw an error
lbaselib.c:
@@ -116,3 +116,3 @@
-static void getfunc (lua_State *L) {
+static void getfunc (lua_State *L, int opt) {
if (lua_isfunction(L, 1)) lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
@@ -120,3 +120,3 @@
int level = luaL_optint(L, 1, 1);
int level = opt ? luaL_optint(L, 1, 1) : luaL_checkint(L, 1);
luaL_argcheck(L, level >= 0, 1, "level must be non-negative");
@@ -133,3 +133,3 @@
static int luaB_getfenv (lua_State *L) {
getfunc(L);
getfunc(L, 1);
if (lua_iscfunction(L, -1))
/* is a C function? */
@@ -144,3 +144,3 @@
luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TTABLE);
getfunc(L);
getfunc(L, 0);
lua_pushvalue(L, 2);
Wrong code generated for arithmetic expressions in some specific scenarios.
reported by Thierry Grellier on 19 Jan 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.2.
-- use a large number of names (almost 256)
v1=1; v2=1; v3=1; v4=1; v5=1; v6=1; v7=1; v8=1; v9=1;
v10=1; v11=1; v12=1; v13=1; v14=1; v15=1; v16=1; v17=1;
v18=1; v19=1; v20=1; v21=1; v22=1; v23=1; v24=1; v25=1;
v26=1; v27=1; v28=1; v29=1; v30=1; v31=1; v32=1; v33=1;
v34=1; v35=1; v36=1; v37=1; v38=1; v39=1; v40=1; v41=1;
v42=1; v43=1; v44=1; v45=1; v46=1; v47=1; v48=1; v49=1;
v50=1; v51=1; v52=1; v53=1; v54=1; v55=1; v56=1; v57=1;
v58=1; v59=1; v60=1; v61=1; v62=1; v63=1; v64=1; v65=1;
v66=1; v67=1; v68=1; v69=1; v70=1; v71=1; v72=1; v73=1;
v74=1; v75=1; v76=1; v77=1; v78=1; v79=1; v80=1; v81=1;
v82=1; v83=1; v84=1; v85=1; v86=1; v87=1; v88=1; v89=1;
v90=1; v91=1; v92=1; v93=1; v94=1; v95=1; v96=1; v97=1;
v98=1; v99=1; v100=1; v101=1; v102=1; v103=1; v104=1; v105=1;
v106=1; v107=1; v108=1; v109=1; v110=1; v111=1; v112=1; v113=1;
v114=1; v115=1; v116=1; v117=1; v118=1; v119=1; v120=1; v121=1;
v122=1; v123=1; v124=1; v125=1; v126=1; v127=1; v128=1; v129=1;
v130=1; v131=1; v132=1; v133=1; v134=1; v135=1; v136=1; v137=1;
v138=1; v139=1; v140=1; v141=1; v142=1; v143=1; v144=1; v145=1;
v146=1; v147=1; v148=1; v149=1; v150=1; v151=1; v152=1; v153=1;
v154=1; v155=1; v156=1; v157=1; v158=1; v159=1; v160=1; v161=1;
v162=1; v163=1; v164=1; v165=1; v166=1; v167=1; v168=1; v169=1;
v170=1; v171=1; v172=1; v173=1; v174=1; v175=1; v176=1; v177=1;
v178=1; v179=1; v180=1; v181=1; v182=1; v183=1; v184=1; v185=1;
v186=1; v187=1; v188=1; v189=1; v190=1; v191=1; v192=1; v193=1;
v194=1; v195=1; v196=1; v197=1; v198=1; v199=1; v200=1; v201=1;
v202=1; v203=1; v204=1; v205=1; v206=1; v207=1; v208=1; v209=1;
v210=1; v211=1; v212=1; v213=1; v214=1; v215=1; v216=1; v217=1;
v218=1; v219=1; v220=1; v221=1; v222=1; v223=1; v224=1; v225=1;
v226=1; v227=1; v228=1; v229=1; v230=1; v231=1; v232=1; v233=1;
v234=1; v235=1; v236=1; v237=1; v238=1; v239=1; v240=1; v241=1;
v242=1; v243=1; v244=1; v245=1; v246=1; v247=1; v248=1; v249=1;
v251={k1 = 1};
print(2 * v251.k1, v251.k1 * 2);
-- 2 2, OK
print(2 * v251.k1, v251.k1 * 2);
-- 1 2, ???
@@ -657,10 +657,16 @@
if (constfolding(op, e1, e2))
int o1 = luaK_exp2RK(fs, e1);
int o2 = (op != OP_UNM && op != OP_LEN) ? luaK_exp2RK(fs, e2) : 0;
freeexp(fs, e2);
freeexp(fs, e1);
int o1 = luaK_exp2RK(fs, e1);
if (o1 > o2) {
freeexp(fs, e1);
freeexp(fs, e2);
freeexp(fs, e2);
freeexp(fs, e1);
e1-> = luaK_codeABC(fs, op, 0, o1, o2);
e1->k = VRELOCABLE;
@@ -718,10 +724,15 @@
luaK_exp2nextreg(fs, v);
/* operand must be on the `stack' */
default: {
case OPR_ADD: case OPR_SUB: case OPR_MUL: case OPR_DIV:
case OPR_MOD: case OPR_POW: {
if (!isnumeral(v)) luaK_exp2RK(fs, v);
default: {
luaK_exp2RK(fs, v);
Assignment of nil to parameter may be optimized away.
reported by Thomas Lauer on 21 Mar 2007.
existed since 5.1.
fixed in 5.1.2.
function f (a)
print(f("test"))
@@ -35,16 +35,20 @@
void luaK_nil (FuncState *fs, int from, int n) {
Instruction *
if (fs->pc > fs->lasttarget) {
/* no jumps to current position? */
if (fs->pc == 0)
/* function start? */
/* positions are already clean */
previous = &fs->f->code[fs->pc-1];
if (GET_OPCODE(*previous) == OP_LOADNIL) {
int pfrom = GETARG_A(*previous);
int pto = GETARG_B(*previous);
if (pfrom <= from && from
SETARG_B(*previous, from+n-1);
if (fs->pc == 0) {
/* function start? */
if (from >= fs->nactvar)
/* positions are already clean */
previous = &fs->f->code[fs->pc-1];
if (GET_OPCODE(*previous) == OP_LOADNIL) {
int pfrom = GETARG_A(*previous);
int pto = GETARG_B(*previous);
if (pfrom <= from && from
SETARG_B(*previous, from+n-1);
Concat metamethod converts numbers to strings.
reported by Paul Winwood on 24 Dec 2006.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.1.2.
setmetatable(a, {__concat = function (a,b) print(type(a), type(b)) end})
a = 4 .. a
@@ -281,10 +281,12 @@
StkId top = L->base + last + 1;
int n = 2;
/* number of elements handled in this pass (at least 2) */
if (!tostring(L, top-2) || !tostring(L, top-1)) {
if (!(ttisstring(top-2) || ttisnumber(top-2)) || !tostring(L, top-1)) {
if (!call_binTM(L, top-2, top-1, top-2, TM_CONCAT))
luaG_concaterror(L, top-2, top-1);
} else if (tsvalue(top-1)->len > 0) {
/* if len=0, do nothing */
} else if (tsvalue(top-1)->len == 0)
/* second op is empty? */
(void)tostring(L, top - 2);
/* result is first op (as string) */
/* at lea get as many as possible */
size_t tl = tsvalue(top-1)->
loadlib.c is a library and should not access Lua internals (via lobject.h).
reported by Jér?me Vuarand on 25 Mar 2007.
existed since 5.0 at least.
fixed in 5.1.2.
The bug has no effect on external behavior.
In loadlib.c, change all ocurrences of luaO_pushfstring to
lua_pushfstring.
In 16-bit machines, and/or expressions with numeric constants as the
right operand may result in weird values.
reported by Andreas Stenius on 15 Mar 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
print(false or 0)
-- on 16-bit machines
@@ -731,17 +731,15 @@
case OPR_AND: {
lua_assert(e1->t == NO_JUMP);
/* list must be closed */
luaK_dischargevars(fs, e2);
luaK_concat(fs, &e1->f, e2->f);
e1->k = e2->k; e1-> = e2->;
e1->u.s.aux = e2->u.s. e1->t = e2->t;
luaK_concat(fs, &e2->f, e1->f);
*e1 = *e2;
case OPR_OR: {
lua_assert(e1->f == NO_JUMP);
/* list must be closed */
luaK_dischargevars(fs, e2);
luaK_concat(fs, &e1->t, e2->t);
e1->k = e2->k; e1-> = e2->;
e1->u.s.aux = e2->u.s. e1->f = e2->f;
luaK_concat(fs, &e2->t, e1->t);
*e1 = *e2;
luaL_checkudata may produce wrong error message.
reported by Greg Falcon on 21 Mar 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
getmetatable(io.stdin).__gc()
--> bad argument #1 to '__gc' (FILE* expected, got table)
lauxlib.c:
@@ -123,11 +123,17 @@
LUALIB_API void *luaL_checkudata (lua_State *L, int ud, const char *tname) {
void *p = lua_touserdata(L, ud);
lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, tname);
/* get correct metatable */
if (p == NULL || !lua_getmetatable(L, ud) || !lua_rawequal(L, -1, -2))
luaL_typerror(L, ud, tname);
lua_pop(L, 2);
/* remove both metatables */
if (p != NULL) {
/* value is a userdata? */
if (lua_getmetatable(L, ud)) {
/* does it have a metatable? */
lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, tname);
/* get correct metatable */
if (lua_rawequal(L, -1, -2)) {
/* does it have the correct mt? */
lua_pop(L, 2);
/* remove both metatables */
luaL_typerror(L, ud, tname);
/* else error */
return NULL;
/* to avoid warnings */
Windows applications that use both Lua and DirectX
may present erractic behavior.
THIS IS NOT A BUG IN Lua!
The problem is that DirectX violates an ABI that Lua depends on.
The simplest solution is to use DirectX with
the D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE flag.
Otherwise, you can change the definition of lua_number2int
in luaconf.h to this one:
#define lua_number2int(i,d)
__asm fld d
__asm fistp i
Option '%q' in string.formatE does not handle '\r' correctly.
reported by FleetCommand on 1 Apr 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
local s = "a string with \r and \n and \r\n and \n\r"
local c = string.format("return %q", s)
assert(assert(loadstring(c))() == s)
lstrlib.c:
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@
luaL_addchar(b, *s);
case '\r': {
luaL_addlstring(b, "\\r", 2);
case '\0': {
luaL_addlstring(b, "\\000", 4);
luaL_dofile and luaL_dostring
should return all values returned by the chunk.
reported by mos on 11 Apr 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
lauxlib.h:
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@
#define luaL_typename(L,i)
lua_typename(L, lua_type(L,(i)))
-#define luaL_dofile(L, fn)
(luaL_loadfile(L, fn) || lua_pcall(L, 0, 0, 0))
+#define luaL_dofile(L, fn) \
(luaL_loadfile(L, fn) || lua_pcall(L, 0, LUA_MULTRET, 0))
-#define luaL_dostring(L, s)
(luaL_loadstring(L, s) || lua_pcall(L, 0, 0, 0))
+#define luaL_dostring(L, s) \
(luaL_loadstring(L, s) || lua_pcall(L, 0, LUA_MULTRET, 0))
#define luaL_getmetatable(L,n) (lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, (n)))
Garbage collector does not compensate enough for finalizers.
reported by Roberto in May 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
@@ -322,4 +322,6 @@
-static void propagateall (global_State *g) {
while (g->gray) propagatemark(g);
+static size_t propagateall (global_State *g) {
size_t m = 0;
while (g->gray) m += propagatemark(g);
@@ -542,3 +544,3 @@
marktmu(g);
/* mark `preserved' userdata */
propagateall(g);
/* remark, to propagate `preserveness' */
udsize += propagateall(g);
/* remark, to propagate `preserveness' */
cleartable(g->weak);
/* remove collected objects from weak tables */
@@ -592,2 +594,4 @@
if (g->estimate > GCFINALIZECOST)
g->estimate -= GCFINALIZECOST;
Debug hooks may get wrong when mixed with coroutines.
reported by Ivko Stanilov on 3 Jun 2006.
fixed in 5.1.1.
co = coroutine.create(function () coroutine.yield() end)
debug.sethook(co, function() end, "lr")
coroutine.resume(co)
coroutine.resume(co)
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
/* resuming from previous yield */
L->status = 0;
if (!f_isLua(ci)) {
/* `common' yield? */
/* finish interrupted execution of `OP_CALL' */
lua_assert(GET_OPCODE(*((ci-1)->savedpc - 1)) == OP_CALL ||
@@ -399,7 +400,6 @@
/* yielded inside a hook: just continue its execution */
L->base = L->ci->
L->status = 0;
luaV_execute(L, cast_int(L->ci - L->base_ci));
That was the last release of Lua 5.0.
Bugs reported later are probably fixed in Lua 5.1.
String concatenation may cause arithmetic overflow,
leading to a buffer overflow.
reported by Rici Lake on 20 May 2004.
fixed in 5.1 and 5.0.3.
longs = string.rep("\0", 2^25)
function catter(i)
return assert(loadstring(
string.format("return function(a) return a%s end",
string.rep("..a", i-1))))()
rep129 = catter(129)
rep129(longs)
@@ -321,15 +321,15 @@
luaG_concaterror(L, top-2, top-1);
} else if (tsvalue(top-1)->tsv.len > 0) {
/* if len=0, do nothing */
/* at lea get as many as possible */
lu_mem tl = cast(lu_mem, tsvalue(top-1)->tsv.len) +
cast(lu_mem, tsvalue(top-2)->tsv.len);
size_t tl = tsvalue(top-1)->tsv.
while (n tsv.
/* collect total length */
for (n = 1; n tsv.
if (l >= MAX_SIZET - tl) luaG_runerror(L, "string length overflow");
if (tl > MAX_SIZET) luaG_runerror(L, "string size overflow");
buffer = luaZ_openspace(L, &G(L)->buff, tl);
for (i=n; i>0; i--) {
/* concat all strings */
lua_getupvalue and lua_setupvalue do not check for index too small.
reported by Mike Pall on 6 Jun 2004.
fixed in 5.1 and 5.0.3.
debug.getupvalue(function() end, 0)
f->c.nupvalues) return NULL;
if (!(1 <= n && n c.nupvalues)) return NULL;
p->sizeupvalues) return NULL;
if (!(1 <= n && n sizeupvalues)) return NULL;
Values held in open upvalues of suspended threads may be incorrectly collected.
reported by Spencer Schumann on 31 Dec 2004.
fixed in 5.1 and 5.0.3.
local thread_id = 0
local threads = {}
function fn(thread)
thread_id = thread_id + 1
threads[thread_id] = function()
thread = nil
coroutine.yield()
while true do
local thread = coroutine.create(fn)
coroutine.resume(thread, thread)
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marked = 1;
markobject(st, u->v);
u->marked = 1;
rawset and rawget do not ignore extra arguments.
reported by Romulo Bahiense on 11 Mar 2005.
fixed in 5.1 and 5.0.3.
rawset(a, 1, 2, 3)
print(a[1], a[2])
-- should be 2 and nil
lbaselib.c:
lua_settop(L, 2);
lua_settop(L, 3);
Weak tables that survive one collection are never collected.
reported by Chromix on 2 Jan 2006.
fixed in 5.1 and 5.0.3.
print(gcinfo())
for i = 1, 10000 do
a[i] = setmetatable({}, {__mode = "v"})
collectgarbage()
collectgarbage()
print(gcinfo())
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
GCObject *
int count = 0;
/* number of collected items */
while ((curr = *p) != NULL) {
if (curr->gch.marked > limit) {
if ((curr->gch.marked & ~(KEYWEAK | VALUEWEAK)) > limit) {
unmark(curr);
p = &curr->gch.
Some "not not" expressions may not result in boolean values.
reported by Aaron Brown on 30 Jun 2005.
existed since 4.0.
fixed in 5.0.3.
-- should print false, but prints nil
print(not not (nil and 4))
On some machines, closing a "piped file" (created with io.popen) may crash Lua.
reported by Mike Pall on 23 May 2005.
existed since 5.0.
fixed in 5.0.3.
f = io.popen("ls")
lua_closethread exists only in the manual.
reported by Nguyen Binh on 28 Apr 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
The manual is wrong: threads are subject to garbage collection.
Attempt to resume a running coroutine crashes Lua.
reported by Alex Bilyk on 9 May 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
function co_func (current_co)
coroutine.resume(co)
co = coroutine.create(co_func)
coroutine.resume(co)
coroutine.resume(co)
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= L->top - L->base)
lua_assert(nargs top - L->base);
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state & CI_YIELD) {
/* inside a yield? */
/* inside a yield */
lua_assert(ci->state & CI_YIELD);
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static int resume_error (lua_State *L, const char *msg) {
L->top = L->ci->
setsvalue2s(L->top, luaS_new(L, msg));
incr_top(L);
lua_unlock(L);
return LUA_ERRRUN;
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if (L->ci == L->base_ci) {
if (nargs >= L->top - L->base)
return resume_error(L, "cannot resume dead coroutine");
else if (!(L->ci->state & CI_YIELD))
/* not inside a yield? */
return resume_error(L, "cannot resume non-suspended coroutine");
file:close cannot be called without a file (results a crash).
reported by Tuomo Valkonen on 27 May 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
> io.stdin.close()
-- correct call should be io.stdin:close()
if (lua_isnone(L, 1) && lua_type(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)) == LUA_TTABLE) {
C functions may have stacks larger than current top.
reported by Alex Bilyk on 9 Jun 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
Must recompile Lua with a change in lua.c and with lua_assert defined:
lua_checkstack(l, 1000);
state & CI_C) && lim top)
if (lim top)
'pc' address is invalidated when a coroutine is suspended.
reported by Nick Trout on 7 Jul 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
function g(x)
coroutine.yield(x)
function f (i)
debug.sethook(print, "l")
for j=1,1000 do
co = coroutine.wrap(f)
ci->u.l.pc = &
L->ci->u.l.pc = &
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u.l.pc == &pc &&
base - 1) &&
state & CI_SAVEDPC));
lua_assert(ttisfunction(ci->base - 1) && (ci->state & CI_SAVEDPC));
Userdata to be collected still counts into new GC threshold,
increasing memory consumption.
reported by Roberto on 25 Jul 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
a = newproxy(true)
getmetatable(a).__gc = function () end
for i=1, do
newproxy(a)
if math.mod(i, 10000) == 0 then print(gcinfo()) end
size_t luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L);
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size_t luaC_separateudata (lua_State *L) {
size_t deadmem = 0;
deadmem += sizeudata(gcotou(curr)->uv.len);
static void checkSizes (lua_State *L, size_t deadmem) {
GCthreshold = 2*G(L)->
/* new threshold */
G(L)->GCthreshold = 2*G(L)->nblocks -
/* new threshold */
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static size_t mark (lua_State *L) {
deadmem = luaC_separateudata(L);
/* separate userdata to be preserved */
size_t deadmem = mark(L);
checkSizes(L, deadmem);
IBM AS400 (OS400) has sizeof(void *)==16, and a '%p' may generate
up to 60 characters in a 'printf', causing a buffer overflow in tostring.
reported by David Burgess on 25 Aug 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
-- on an AS400 machine
char buff[128];
lbaselib.c:
char buff[128];
Syntax local function does not increment stack size.
reported by Rici Lake on 26 Sep 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
-- must run this with precompiled code
local a,b,c
local function d () end
lparser.c:
FuncState *fs = ls->
fs->freereg++);
init_exp(&v, VLOCAL, fs->freereg);
luaK_reserveregs(fs, 1);
fs, &v, &b);
luaK_storevar(fs, &v, &b);
/* debug information will only see the variable after this point! */
getlocvar(fs, fs->nactvar - 1).startpc = fs->
Count hook may be called without being set.
reported by Andreas Stenius on 6 Oct 2003.
fixed in 5.0.2.
Set your hooks as below.
It is weird to use a positive count without setting the count hook,
but it is not wrong.
lua_sethook(L, my_hook, LUA_MASKLINE | LUA_MASKRET, 1);
LUA_MASKLINE) {
/* instruction-hook set? */
if (mask & LUA_MASKCOUNT) {
/* instruction-hook set? */
dofile eats one return value when called without arguments.
reported by Frederico Abraham on 15 Jan 2004.
fixed in 5.0.2.
a,b = dofile()
print(a,b)
(should be 1 and 2)
lbaselib.c:
int n = lua_gettop(L);
return lua_gettop(L) -
Most bugs in Lua 4.0 have been fixed in Lua 4.0.1 and later versions.
Parser did not accept a ';' after a 'return'.
reported by lhf on 29 Nov 2000.
fixed in 4.0.1.
When 'read' fails it must return nil (and not no value).
reported by Carlos Cassino on 22 Dec 2000.
fixed in 5.0.
lua_pushuserdata(L,NULL) does not work.
reported by Edgar Toernig on 1 Feb 2001.
fixed in 4.0.1.
while 1 dostring[[print('hello\n')]] end never reclaims memory.
reported by Andrew Paton on 2 Feb 2001.
fixed in 4.0.1.
ESC (which starts precompiled code) in C is \33, not \27.
reported by Edgar Toernig on 6 Feb 2001.
fixed in 4.0.1.
Error message for '%a' gave wrong line number.
reported by Leonardo Constantino on 10 Jul 2001.
fixed in 4.0.1.
Crash when rawget/rawset get extra arguments.
reported by Eric Mauger on 21 Dec 2001.
fixed in 4.0.1.
Line hook gets wrong 'ar'.
reported by Daniel Sinclair on 19 Jun 2002.
fixed in 4.0.1.
'protectedparser' may run GC and then collect 'filename' (in 'parse_file').
reported by Alex Bilyk on 19 Jun 2002.
fixed in 4.0.1.
ULONG_MAX>>10 may not fit into an int.
reported by Jeff Petkau on 21 Nov 2002.
fixed in 5.0.