Closed Bug 1391176 Opened 7 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Crash in mozilla::ipc::ProcessLink::SendMessage | IPC_Message_Name=PExternalHelperApp::Msg_OnDataAvailable

Categories

(Core :: IPC, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
IPC
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1274706
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- affected

People

(Reporter: gcp, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: crash) 

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-f54a2d13-a5bb-4701-a164-ab5790170817.
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Currently Nightly, Linux x64

STR:

1) Open https://ia902603.us.archive.org/30/items/byte-magazine-1979-08/1979_08_BYTE_04-08_LISP.pdf
2) Try to save the PDF

I filing this in Networking:HTTP based on some blaming on the closest code.
This crash is complaining about trying to send an IPC message over 256 MB.
From the crash report it is trying to send a 265 MB PExternalHelperApp::OnDataAvailable message, which is about the size of the pdf file provided in the STR.

There was a similar issue in PWyciwygChannel IPC (see bug 1335989) and the solution is to split it into smaller chunks of IPC messages.
Component: Networking: HTTP → IPC
Priority: -- → P3
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Crash Signature: [@ mozilla::ipc::ProcessLink::SendMessage | IPC_Message_Name=PExternalHelperApp::Msg_OnDataAvailable]
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