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CI failing on julia 1.8.1 with Seg fault/memory error #677
Description
The CI is failing on julia 1.8.1 for x86 with either a Segmentation fault or an LLVM memory error.
LLVM error example: https://github.com/JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl/actions/runs/3087367821/jobs/4992664313
LLVM ERROR: out of memory
Allocation failed
signal (6): Aborted
in expression starting at /home/runner/work/ChainRules.jl/ChainRules.jl/test/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/symmetric.jl:1
__kernel_vsyscall at linux-gate.so.1 (unknown line)
gsignal at /lib32/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
abort at /lib32/libc.so.6 (unknown line)
Segmentation fault example: https://github.com/JuliaDiff/ChainRules.jl/actions/runs/3095156256/jobs/5009272412
Testing rulesets/LinearAlgebra/symmetric.jl:
signal (11): Segmentation fault
in expression starting at /home/runner/work/ChainRules.jl/ChainRules.jl/test/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/symmetric.jl:1
unknown function (ip: 0xf7ec43e0)
Both errors happen during the rulesets/LinearAlgebra tests.
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devmotion commentedon Nov 3, 2026
ChainRules does not support Julia 1.8 anymore. I haven't seen any segfaults with ChainRules on Julia >= 1.10 recently.