461656 - Segmentation violation attempting to send mail in gmail

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 467744

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Robert Bradbury]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080926 Galeon/2.0.4 Firefox/2.0.0.17
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080926 Galeon/2.0.4 Firefox/2.0.0.17

Wrote a letter in gmail (a reply), attempted to <SEND> it, Firefox 3.0.3 core dumped.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start Firefox, reload a large number of windows/tabs.
2.Read gmail.
3.Reply to letter, Firefox segfaults and core dumps.
Actual Results:  
Firefox core dumps.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should "work" when processing gmail replys.

Detailed stack trace will be attached.

Comment 1

[Robert Bradbury]

Attachment: Stack trace from gdb from core dump

The firefox version (3.0.3) and many of the libraries it references are compiled with debugging enabled (-g2).  The core dump is ~1.7 GB.  I can turn over both the core dump and the firefox-bin binary if somebody can process them.

Comment 2

[Robert Bradbury]

It is worth noting, that prior to the crash, the VT log for Firefox displayed:

(firefox-bin:12691): Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x3ebf68a unexpectedly destroyed

Which begs back to the problem of Bug #263160, which after 4 years has still, to the best of my knowledge, not been resolved!

Note, I do not know how much prior to the Seg-Vio crash the above message appeared.  I will simply note that Gmail is prone to producing such messages (presumably because the Gmail javascript is playing fast and loose with the displayed windows).

Comment 3

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Works for me, Firefox 3.0.3 (from mozilla.com) on Linux (Ubuntu 8.04).

Robert, can you reproduce the crash in the official Mozilla build:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
If so, please submit the crash data and let us know the crash ID:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter

Comment 4

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Robert, please respond to comment 3.

Comment 5

[Robert Bradbury]

In my opinion, it may be impossible to reproduce the Seg-Vio bug in an existing version of FF.  I did however encounter the problem several days later, again in Gmail.  I have believe I have the core dump from that situation as well.

So in order to diagnose this problem, one has to provide an upload area for both the core-dumps and the binaries (of firefox-bin).

It should be noted that the FF version being run was compiled with debugging enabled (-g2) -- As were the libraries it was run with.  So the recreation of a "pristine" environment is next to impossible.

Comment 6

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Robert, please attach your .mozconfig file and let us know the exact
version of all gtk/gdk libraries involved in your environment.
Please also list all extensions/plug-ins you're using.

Comment 7

[Robert Bradbury]

This is being marked as a duplicate of Bug #467744 which contains a bit more information.  I have experienced at least 4 different Firefox 3.0.3pre SegVio crashes in the last ~1.5 months.  To the best of my knowledge they all involve deleting and/or redrawing a window and often directly follow a <SEND> in gmail.