177063 - Linux segmentation fault at startup using xpcom glue

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

> 
> Type Manifest File: /home/rhelmer/src/mozilla/dist/bin/components/xpti.dat
> nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering begins.
> nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering succeeded
> nNCL: registering deferred (0)
> ###!!! ASSERTION: can't get memory manager!: 'gMemory', file nsMemory.cpp, line 60
> Break: at file nsMemory.cpp, line 60
> Segmentation fault
>

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Attachment: possible fix

Using nsMemory too soon in the startup process.  This patch will work as long
as the string buffers are *NEVER* passed between the string impls.

jag -> are there any assumptions about what memory allocators are used by the
string implementations?

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

Comment on attachment 104350 [details] [diff] [review]
possible fix

hmm.. so this stays private to this implementation, right? then sr=alecf

Comment 3

[jag (Peter Annema)]

Comment on attachment 104350 [details] [diff] [review]
possible fix

r=jag, this is fine. Marking alecf's sr.

Comment 4

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

Comment on attachment 104350 [details] [diff] [review]
possible fix

a=roc+moz for trunk

Comment 5

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Checking in nsEmbedString.cpp;
/cvsroot/mozilla/xpcom/glue/standalone/nsEmbedString.cpp,v  <--  nsEmbedString.cpp
new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
done