597658 - ASSERTION: mozHunspellDirProvider not thread-safe: '_mOwningThread.GetThread() == PR_GetCurrentThread()'

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 596476

(Core :: Spelling checker, defect)

Description

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

Attachment: Backtrace

This is a new assertion that I've seen start popping up on the Fennec start screen sometime in the last week, I believe.

Comment 1

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

Looks like some sort of fallout from bug 559942.

Comment 2

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

Directory service providers are now being enumerated in a non-main thread.  Has this really never come up before?

Comment 3

[Benjamin Smedberg]

That's bad. The directory service should be main-thread-only.

Comment 4

[Jason Duell]

This will be fixed (unintentionally) by my "Ensure correct cache directory is used for smart_size check" patch for bug 596476.  

> That's bad

How bad?  JST didn't think we should land that bug for beta7 (didn't fix anything serious), but I can land if this changes that equatio (assuming there's still time--when do we freeze?).

Comment 5

[Jason Duell]

Marking dupe of 596476 since that's got the patch with the fix.