1688849 - Disable the oxidized minidump writer code

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Crash Reporting, defect)

Description

[Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto]]

We've got reports of missing minidumps in content process crashes and the crash volume on nightly seem to have gone down in Linux installations. There's a good chance that the new code is bailing out with some error and not writing the minidump so we'll disable it and re-enable at a later date with more diagnostics baked in.

Comment 1

[Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto]]

Attachment: Bug 1688849 - Temporarily disable the oxidized Linux minidump writer r=KrisWright

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/119ab5ea984d
Temporarily disable the oxidized Linux minidump writer r=KrisWright

Comment 3

[Bogdan Tara[:bogdan_tara | bogdant]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/119ab5ea984d

Comment 4

[Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto]]

Comment on attachment 9199238 [details]
Bug 1688849 - Temporarily disable the oxidized Linux minidump writer r=KrisWright

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: We might miss some child process crashes on Linux
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): This just flips a configure-time pref that disables the new code
• String changes made/needed: none

Comment 5

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc]

Comment on attachment 9199238 [details]
Bug 1688849 - Temporarily disable the oxidized Linux minidump writer r=KrisWright

Approved for 86 beta 3, thanks.

Comment 6

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/8467dab344e5