Closed Bug 15046 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

crash because of unloading dll's while they are used

Categories

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
XPCOM
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: kipp, Assigned: dp)

Details

(Keywords: crash) 

If a library, say rdf, uses the component manager to create a factory and that
factory creation fails in the rdf library, then the component manager unloads
the offending dll (!) which triggers a crash because it unloads a dll which is
present on the call stack.

In general, you can't unload the dll unless you know that it's safe, and to do
that you have to ask it (it might be exporting multiple factories which have
created objects, etc.)
Well the dll in question could have other factories that do work. That I think
is the problem.
QA Contact: beppe → dp
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Code fix.
Adding crash keyword
Keywords: crash
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