460034 - Cannot run a gcc 4.3 based build : buffer overflow detected error message on start.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Frederic Bezies]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081015 Firefox/3.1b2pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1b2pre) Gecko/20081015 Firefox/3.1b2pre

While I was testing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) beta up-to-date in a virtual machine, I wanted to build mozilla firefox trunk code using gcc 4.3.

Build process ran flawlessly, but I cannot get the build to run. Every single time, I have a crash log, beginning this way :

fred@ubuntu:~/mozilla/src/objdir-fx/dist/firefox$ *** buffer overflow detected ***: ./firefox-bin terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f925e59e887]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7f925e59c750]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7f925e59ce0b]
./libxul.so(XRE_GetBinaryPath+0x4d)[0x7f9262d1ee6f]
./firefox-bin[0x401b1e]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7f925e4bd466]
./firefox-bin[0x401979]

I tried with a gcc 4.2 version, and firefox started.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use a gcc 4.3 enabled distro
2.Grab trunk code
3.Build it
4.Try to launch Firefox
Actual Results:  
Buffer overflow error.

Expected Results:  
Running ?

I don't find a lot of bug related to gcc 4.3 and running process, besides bug #362462.

Comment 1

[Frederic Bezies]

Attachment: crash log

Here is the crash log I have every single time.

And gcc info :

gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu10' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu10)

I know that Intrepid Ibex is not stable, but nearly all majors distro will soon use gcc 4.3 as main gcc version.

Comment 2

[timeless]

can you rebuild gecko w/ --without-lame-distro-flags --enable-debugger-info-modules --disable-strip --disable-optimize?

Comment 3

[Frederic Bezies]

I will do it as soon as possible. But not before tomorrow at least.

If it could help, I use the simplest .mozconfig you could find. No special options at all.

But the strange point is that gcc 4.2 works flawlessly.

Comment 4

[Frederic Bezies]

It runs. Very weird.

Here is the .mozconfig I used :

#
# See http://www.mozilla.org/build/ for build instructions.
#

. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/objdir-fx

# Options for 'configure' (same as command-line options).
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --disable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-debugger-info-modules
ac_add_options --without-lame-distro-flags

Comment 5

[Frederic Bezies]

Looks like it was a gcc bug. As Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex will be released in 48 hours, gcc version is now working.

Closing as invalid. Not a mozilla bug.