Closed Bug 536272 Opened 16 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Firefox 3.6b5 Crash Report [@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start() ]

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: chofmann, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: crash)

Crash Data

currently ranked #43 in 3.6b5 volume increased with 3.6b5 although might have been around as a low volume crash in prior releases. checking --- 20091220-crashdata.csv nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. release total-crashes nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. crashes pct. all 215848 51 0.000236277 3.0.15 6811 0 3.0.16 31577 0 3.5.5 18251 0 3.5.6 105854 1 9.44697e-06 3.6b5 16669 50 0.00299958 3.6b4 5000 0 3.6b3 644 0 3.6b2 661 0 3.6b1 2101 0 http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/annotate/5ba5f965c12b/modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp#l1112 rev comments on that file show the possibilty of maybe plugin unloading tickled an older bug? 3777f1168748 2009-12-02 22:33 -0800 Josh Aas - Fixing bug 520639. Make plugin library unloading independent of the lifetime of nsPluginTag objects. Patch and reviews by jst@mozilla.com and joshmoz@gmail.com, a=blocking1.9.2+ stack looks like http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/9c9a0217-9cf6-4d7b-bed8-eb30a2091221 Frame Module Signature [Expand] Source 0 @0x585f68 1 xul.dll nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp:1112 2 xul.dll nsPluginHost::InstantiateEmbeddedPlugin modules/plugin/base/src/nsPluginHost.cpp:3259 3 xul.dll nsObjectFrame::InstantiatePlugin layout/generic/nsObjectFrame.cpp:1021 4 xul.dll nsObjectFrame::Instantiate layout/generic/nsObjectFrame.cpp:2088 5 xul.dll nsObjectLoadingContent::Instantiate content/base/src/nsObjectLoadingContent.cpp:1767 6 xul.dll nsAsyncInstantiateEvent::Run content/base/src/nsObjectLoadingContent.cpp:156 7 xul.dll nsThread::ProcessNextEvent xpcom/threads/nsThread.cpp:527 8 xul.dll NS_ProcessPendingEvents_P obj-firefox/xpcom/build/nsThreadUtils.cpp:200 9 xul.dll nsWindow::DispatchPendingEvents widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp:3083 10 xul.dll nsWindow::ProcessMessage widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp:3917 11 xul.dll nsWindow::WindowProc widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp:3541 12 user32.dll user32.dll@0x16237 13 user32.dll user32.dll@0x168e9 14 user32.dll user32.dll@0x17d30 15 user32.dll user32.dll@0x17df9 16 xul.dll nsAppShell::ProcessNextNativeEvent widget/src/windows/nsAppShell.cpp:179 17 xul.dll nsBaseAppShell::OnProcessNextEvent widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseAppShell.cpp:284 18 xul.dll nsTArray_base::ShiftData obj-firefox/xpcom/build/nsTArray.cpp:162 19 xul.dll nsBaseAppShell::Run widget/src/xpwidgets/nsBaseAppShell.cpp:170 20 xul.dll nsAppStartup::Run toolkit/components/startup/src/nsAppStartup.cpp:182 21 nspr4.dll PR_GetEnv 22 firefox.exe wmain toolkit/xre/nsWindowsWMain.cpp:120 23 firefox.exe __tmainCRTStartup obj-firefox/memory/jemalloc/crtsrc/crtexe.c:591 24 kernel32.dll kernel32.dll@0x13676 25 ntdll.dll ntdll.dll@0x39d71 26 ntdll.dll ntdll.dll@0x39d44 more reports of this at http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?range_value=2&range_unit=weeks&signature=nsNPAPIPluginInstance%3A%3AStart%28%29&version=Firefox%3A3.6b5
mostly 0-3 crashes per day with a few days of 4-6 crashes per day during nov-dec17. then spike began with release of b5. 20091216-crashdata 0 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. 20091217-crashdata 0 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. 20091218-crashdata 10 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. 20091219-crashdata 32 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start.. 20091220-crashdata 51 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start..
Flags: blocking1.9.2?
Not blocking on #43 topcrasher.
Flags: blocking1.9.2? → blocking1.9.2-
its likely to be regression due to plugin unloading changes in beta5. their are a few of these that should be sorted out before shipping 3.6. I'm guessing volume and ranking will increase as more users get on beta5.
I hit a crash today which has the middle part of the stack in it - http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/194ac4a1-15ab-49f4-9367-711742100108. Running Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100105 Firefox/3.6.
far more common for version 3.x
Crash Signature: [@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start() ]
Crash Signature: [@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start() ] → [@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start() ] [@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::Start ]
Resolving old bugs which are likely not relevant any more, since NPAPI plugins are deprecated.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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