663214 - Android NDK5 build crashes on startup post TM merge

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

The last TM merge (http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3589f8cefd83) has caused android builds built with ndk5 to crash on startup. Was unable to trap the crash in gdb.

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

jbramley - have you hit this?

Comment 2

[Jacob Bramley [:jbramley]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> jbramley - have you hit this?

Not yet, but I'm playing with NDK5 (and setting up GDB) for 658074, so I'll surely hit it soon.

Comment 3

[Jacob Bramley [:jbramley]]

It seems to work for me on b6f3d37f6fdb. I've disabled the library loader so I can use GDB, so that could be the cause of the crash. Other than that change, I'm using the mozconfig from bug 658074.

Comment 4

[Alon Zakai (:azakai)]

Jacob, how did you disable the library loader?

Comment 5

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Jacob, how did you disable the library loader?

debug builds have the library loader disabled. Its controlled by this flag https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ident?i=DEBUG_EXTRACT_LIBS

Comment 6

[Jacob Bramley [:jbramley]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Jacob, how did you disable the library loader?

I followed the instructions here:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Android#Use_the_correct_build

I didn't touch DEBUG_EXTRACT_LIBS, so it's possible that I've not properly disabled the loader. (In this case, I'll update the wiki page.)

Comment 7

[(inactive) Jim Chen [:jchen] [:darchons]]

With same config, I see the crash on 3589f8cefd83 but not on tip. Marking as WFM.