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GDB Error: Unable to Fetch SVE/SSVE Vector Length ("Invalid Argument") on Docker - Ubuntu - Apple M4
Description
I recently transitioned from Apple Silicon M1 Pro to Apple Silicon M4 Max and encountered an issue while debugging a C++ project using GDB. The error message is as follows:
Unable to fetch SVE/SSVE vector length: Invalid argument.
Context:
- Environment: Docker container running Ubuntu (multiple versions tested) on Apple Silicon M4 Max.
- Behavior: The same setup (Docker + GDB) worked flawlessly on Apple Silicon M1 Pro.
- Issue: While the project builds and runs successfully, I cannot debug due to the above error:
root@ubuntu-dev:/tmp/dev/test# gdb hello-world
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 15.0.50.20240403-0ubuntu1) 15.0.50.20240403-git
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "aarch64-linux-gnu".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from main...
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/dev/test/hello-world
Unable to fetch SVE/SSVE vector length: Invalid argument.
Additional info:
Same example work on M1
I tried to export/import Docker from/to M1/M4 but result are equal (work on M1 and don't work on M4)
I tried also with Alpine Linux and last version of GCC/GDB and nothing change: M1 ok, M4 same issue
M4 Max CPU Docker info:
root@ubuntu-dev:/tmp/dev# uname -a
Linux ubuntu-dev 6.10.14-linuxkit #1 SMP Fri Nov 29 17:22:03 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
root@ubuntu-dev:/tmp/dev# zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i sve
CONFIG_ARM64_SVE=y
root@ubuntu-dev:/tmp/dev# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 1
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 2
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 3
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 4
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 5
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 6
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 7
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 8
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 9
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 10
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 11
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 12
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 13
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 14
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
processor : 15
BogoMIPS : 48.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 asimddp sha512 asimdfhm dit uscat ilrcpc flagm sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 bf16 afp sme
CPU implementer : 0x61
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0x000
CPU revision : 0
From these info, it looks M4 MAX issue on sve2
Reproduce
Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:24.04
# Disable frontend interaction
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
# Set environment variables
ENV VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1
# Set user
USER root
# Define timezone
ENV TZ=Europe/Rome
# Install other necessary packages
RUN apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y \
cmake \
git \
gcc \
g++ \
curl \
gdb \
clang \
make \
lcov \
gcovr \
ninja-build \
autoconf \
autoconf-archive \
automake \
libtool \
valgrind \
locales-all \
dos2unix \
rsync \
zip \
unzip \
tar \
python3 \
python3-dev \
pkg-config \
tzdata \
nodejs \
npm \
file \
libssl-dev \
&& apt-get clean
Steps to reproduce:
- Build the Docker container using the provided Dockerfile and run it.
- Create a simple main.c:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello World\n");
return 0;
}
- Compile gcc -o main main.c
- Open debugger gdb main
- Run application run and get result:
root@ubuntu-dev:/tmp/dev# gdb main
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 15.0.50.20240403-0ubuntu1) 15.0.50.20240403-git
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "aarch64-linux-gnu".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from main...
(No debugging symbols found in main)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /tmp/dev/main
Unable to fetch SVE/SSVE vector length: Invalid argument.
Expected behavior
GDB don't run application. But it looks SVE/SSVE are not managed correctly!
docker version
Client:
Version: 27.4.0
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.22.10
Git commit: bde2b89
Built: Sat Dec 7 10:35:43 2024
OS/Arch: darwin/arm64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.37.2 (179585)
Engine:
Version: 27.4.0
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.22.10
Git commit: 92a8393
Built: Sat Dec 7 10:38:33 2024
OS/Arch: linux/arm64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.21
GitCommit: 472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
runc:
Version: 1.1.13
GitCommit: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
docker info
Client:
Version: 27.4.0
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Ask Gordon - Docker Agent (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.5.1
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.19.2-desktop.1
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.31.0-desktop.2
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.37
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.0
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.15.1
Path: /Users/undici77/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
Server:
Containers: 2
Running: 1
Paused: 0
Stopped: 1
Images: 8
Server Version: 27.4.0
Storage Driver: overlayfs
driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
CDI spec directories:
/etc/cdi
/var/run/cdi
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: unconfined
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: aarch64
CPUs: 16
Total Memory: 15.6GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: 83eee8c8-b500-42a8-bd94-ca240fdad8a1
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
Labels:
com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/undici77/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile
Diagnostics ID
094DE817-380D-41AE-813A-E5C2E716AF44/20250110190829
Additional Info
No response
Hello Docker folks, can confirm that this appears to be an issue in Docker Desktop for Mac. It seems to work correctly on M1 Pro, but not my M4 Pro.
