293291 - A lot of assertions with threaded JS on 1.7 branch

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: XPConnect, defect)

Description

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Situation:
- A js component that creates threads and executes code there
- Chrome code that instantiates the component and calls a function on it,
passing objects there
- The component tries very carefully to stay away from DOM Stuff, especially
global windows

Starting in 1.7.7, that causes an extreme amount of assertions about lack of
threadsafety of nsGlobalWindowImpl.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Attachment: possible patch?

this patch avoids the assertions...

Comment 2

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

Attachment: example of an assertion stack

this is an example of the stack of this assertion (an nsDocument in this
case... also happens with a window though)

Comment 3

[Andrew McCreight [:mccr8]]

Hopefully singlethreaded XPConnect means that this isn't an issue any more...