This is a follow-up from msg275748 in issue 27213 (Rework CALL_FUNCTION* opcodes). I believe the test_runpy failure I mentioned there is also the same error, but this one can be reproduced easily.

test_recursionlimit_fatalerror in SysModuleTest (Lib/test/test_sys.py) segfaults on Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) with GCC 4.6.3. I compiled Python with the following commands:

    $ make distclean
    $ ./configure --with-pydebug
    $ make -s -j

To reproduce it, run (adapted from the test)

    import sys

    def f():
        try:
            f()
        except RecursionError:
            f()

    sys.setrecursionlimit(10)

    f()

I tried with different values like 50, 10, 1000 and the behavior is same.

In case it helps, here is the start of the backtrace:

#2  0x00000000004242fa in Py_FatalError (msg=0x6e0990 "Cannot recover from stack overflow.") at Python/pylifecycle.c:1457
#3  0x00000000005b6bf8 in _Py_CheckRecursiveCall (where=0x6ac0c8 " while calling a Python object") at Python/ceval.c:651
#4  0x000000000045d701 in _PyObject_FastCallDict (func=<built-in method flush of _io.TextIOWrapper object at remote 0x7ffff6607580>, args=0x0, nargs=0, kwargs=0x0) at Objects/abstract.c:2292
#5  0x000000000045e4e9 in callmethod (func=<built-in method flush of _io.TextIOWrapper object at remote 0x7ffff6607580>, format=0x0, va=0x7ffffff36eb0, is_size_t=0) at Objects/abstract.c:2569
#6  0x000000000045e872 in _PyObject_CallMethodId (o=<_io.TextIOWrapper at remote 0x7ffff6607580>, name=0x94c030, format=0x0) at Objects/abstract.c:2626
#7  0x0000000000421ceb in flush_std_files () at Python/pylifecycle.c:515
#8  0x00000000004242f2 in Py_FatalError (msg=0x6e0990 "Cannot recover from stack overflow.") at Python/pylifecycle.c:1436
#9  0x00000000005b6bf8 in _Py_CheckRecursiveCall (where=0x6e09db "") at Python/ceval.c:651
#10 0x00000000005b6f3c in _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (f=Frame 0xabf4a8, for file a.py, line 3, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:1003
#11 0x00000000005b6d88 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=Frame 0xabf4a8, for file a.py, line 3, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:718
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named dk_entries.:
#12 0x00000000005d4b85 in _PyFunction_FastCall (co=0x7ffff65731c0, args=0xabf3e8, nargs=0, globals=) at Python/ceval.c:4845
#13 0x00000000005d4d7a in fast_function (func=<function at remote 0x7ffff6496338>, stack=0xabf3e8, nargs=0, kwnames=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:4880
#14 0x00000000005d4841 in call_function (pp_stack=0x7ffffff39030, oparg=0, kwnames=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:4784
#15 0x00000000005cc464 in _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (f=Frame 0xabf258, for file a.py, line 5, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:3250
#16 0x00000000005b6d88 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=Frame 0xabf258, for file a.py, line 5, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:718
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named dk_entries.: 
#17 0x00000000005d4b85 in _PyFunction_FastCall (co=0x7ffff65731c0, args=0xabf198, nargs=0, globals=) at Python/ceval.c:4845
#18 0x00000000005d4d7a in fast_function (func=<function at remote 0x7ffff6496338>, stack=0xabf198, nargs=0, kwnames=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:4880
#19 0x00000000005d4841 in call_function (pp_stack=0x7ffffff3afa0, oparg=0, kwnames=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:4784
#20 0x00000000005cc464 in _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault (f=Frame 0xabf008, for file a.py, line 5, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:3250
#21 0x00000000005b6d88 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=Frame 0xabf008, for file a.py, line 5, in f (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:718