1314408 - Assertion failure in LayerTransactionChild::Destroy when GPU process aborts

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics: Layers, defect)

Description

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

Example job: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&author=[e-mail]&selectedJob=30215419

Assertion: http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/f5c9e9a249637c9abd88754c8963ecb3838475cb/gfx/layers/ipc/LayerTransactionChild.cpp#37

Ryan says this is probably a removable assert.

Comment 1

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

Attachment: bug1314408.patch

This assertion seems bogus since nothing prevents us from holding Layer references outside of LayerManager. In fact we'd expect FrameLayerBuilder to be doing so. When the GPU process dies layout is still active, so we hit this.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/48942d5a145a
Remove bogus assertion in LayerTransactionChild::Destroy. (bug 1314408, r=mattwoodrow)

Comment 3

[Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Not reading bugmail; email directly if needed)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/48942d5a145a