1368377 - Crash in java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method ''android.content.Context org.mozilla.gecko.ContextGetter.getContext()'' on a null object reference at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell.getContext(GeckoAppShell.java)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Nicholas Nethercote [inactive]]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-bc13f889-9027-499e-bd59-454640170528.
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This is the #1 topcrash for Fennec 55, with 68 occurrences in the past 7 days.

The Java stack trace:

> java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'android.content.Context org.mozilla.gecko.ContextGetter.getContext()' on a null object reference
> 	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell.getContext(GeckoAppShell.java:1634)
> 	at org.mozilla.gecko.GlobalHistory.checkVisited(GlobalHistory.java:185)
> 	at org.mozilla.gecko.GlobalHistory.checkUriVisited(GlobalHistory.java:155)
> 	at org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.GeckoLoader.nativeRun(Native Method)
> 	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoThread.run(GeckoThread.java:405)

Jim, any ideas?

Comment 1

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

This seems to happen when the browser is not running, so is either during a background sync or check for updates.

Comment 2

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

From the stack I would say this looks like this happens during a background sync operation. To be sure, I have 2 tablets so I disabled sync on one and automatic updates on the other, so I should have the results of this experiment by tomorrow.

Comment 3

[Bill Gianopoulos [:WG9s]]

I did not have to wait long.  The one where I left the sync account enabled and turned off updates has crashed already.

Comment 4

[(inactive) Jim Chen [:jchen] [:darchons]]

Technically the patches in bug 1369107 will fix this, but based on the current crash volume I'm going to land a quick fix for this particular bug first.

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/3005c1464a2c
Use app context for GlobalHistory; r=me

Comment 6

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

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3005c1464a2c