612261 - crash mainly at startup [@ nsBufferedOutputStream::Finish() ]

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Preferences: Backend, defect)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It is a residual crash signature that exists in 3.0, 3.5, 3.6 and trunk builds.
It is #162 top crasher in 4.0b8pre for the last week

Signature	nsBufferedOutputStream::Finish()
UUID	a8177031-3742-4d9a-b563-de51e2101115
Time 	2010-11-15 02:51:07.860931
Uptime	1
Last Crash	3 seconds before submission
Install Age	199 seconds (3.3 minutes) since version was first installed.
Product	Firefox
Version	4.0b8pre
Build ID	20101114042436
Branch	2.0
OS	Windows NT
OS Version	5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
CPU	x86
CPU Info	AuthenticAMD family 15 model 107 stepping 2
Crash Reason	EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ
Crash Address	0xf98

Frame 	Module 	Signature [Expand] 	Source
0 		@0xf98 	
1 	xul.dll 	nsBufferedOutputStream::Finish 	netwerk/base/src/nsBufferedStreams.cpp:638
2 	xul.dll 	nsPrefService::WritePrefFile 	modules/libpref/src/nsPrefService.cpp:593
3 	xul.dll 	nsPrefService::SavePrefFileInternal 	modules/libpref/src/nsPrefService.cpp:510
4 	xul.dll 	NS_InvokeByIndex_P 	xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/win32/xptcinvoke.cpp:102
5 	xul.dll 	XPC_WN_CallMethod 	js/src/xpconnect/src/xpcwrappednativejsops.cpp:1589
6 	mozjs.dll 	js::Interpret 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:4744
7 	mozjs.dll 	js::RunScript 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:665
8 	mozjs.dll 	js::Invoke 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:768
9 	mozjs.dll 	js_fun_apply 	js/src/jsfun.cpp:2341
10 	mozjs.dll 	js::Interpret 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:4744
11 	mozjs.dll 	js::RunScript 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:665
12 	mozjs.dll 	js::Invoke 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:768
13 	mozjs.dll 	js::InvokeSessionGuard::invoke 	js/src/jsinterpinlines.h:562
14 	mozjs.dll 	array_extra 	js/src/jsarray.cpp:2723
15 	mozjs.dll 	array_forEach 	js/src/jsarray.cpp:2780
16 	mozjs.dll 	js::Interpret 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:4744
17 	mozjs.dll 	js::RunScript 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:665
18 	mozjs.dll 	js::Invoke 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:768
19 	mozjs.dll 	js::ExternalInvoke 	js/src/jsinterp.cpp:881
20 	mozjs.dll 	JS_CallFunctionValue 	js/src/jsapi.cpp:4908
21 	xul.dll 	nsXPCWrappedJSClass::CallMethod 	js/src/xpconnect/src/xpcwrappedjsclass.cpp:1694
22 	xul.dll 	nsXPCWrappedJS::CallMethod 	js/src/xpconnect/src/xpcwrappedjs.cpp:577
23 	xul.dll 	PrepareAndDispatch 	xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/win32/xptcstubs.cpp:114
24 	xul.dll 	SharedStub 	xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/win32/xptcstubs.cpp:141
25 	xul.dll 	nsXREDirProvider::DoStartup 	toolkit/xre/nsXREDirProvider.cpp:741

More reports at:
http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?product=Firefox&query_search=signature&query_type=exact&query=&range_value=4&range_unit=weeks&hang_type=any&process_type=any&plugin_field=&plugin_query_type=&plugin_query=&do_query=1&admin=&signature=nsBufferedOutputStream%3A%3AFinish%28%29

Comment 1

[Robert Kaiser]

This has been rising on Aurora (7) in the last days, but I'm not sure if that's connected with bug 677942 or not.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Crash volume for signature 'nsBufferedOutputStream::Finish':
 - nightly (version 53): 0 crashes from 2016-11-14.
 - aurora  (version 52): 0 crashes from 2016-11-14.
 - beta    (version 51): 0 crashes from 2016-11-14.
 - release (version 50): 0 crashes from 2016-11-01.
 - esr     (version 45): 1586 crashes from 2016-07-06.

Crash volume on the last weeks (Week N is from 01-02 to 01-08):
            W. N-1  W. N-2  W. N-3  W. N-4  W. N-5  W. N-6  W. N-7
 - nightly       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
 - aurora        0       0       0       0       0       0       0
 - beta          0       0       0       0       0       0       0
 - release       0       1       1       0       0       1       0
 - esr           0       0       1       0       0       0       0

Affected platform: Windows

Crash rank on the last 7 days:
           Browser   Content   Plugin
 - nightly
 - aurora
 - beta
 - release
 - esr     #182

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

>  - esr     (version 45): 1586 crashes from 2016-07-06.

I don't know what this was, but there are no crashes in the past month for version 45 and newer