709474 - Crash @ mozalloc_abort(char const* const) | NS_DebugBreak_P | ThemeSystemParametersInfoW with abort message: "###!!! ABORT: unable to find a usable font (serif)"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 636957

(Core :: Graphics, defect)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It first appeared in 11.0a1/20111122.
The regression range is:
http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=78cd6a30e250&tochange=8ceaedf06a57

Signature	mozalloc_abort(char const* const) | NS_DebugBreak_P | ThemeSystemParametersInfoW
UUID	6cbd8bbf-ab19-461d-9a83-83fa02111208
Date Processed	2011-12-08 02:05:58.887288
Uptime	64
Last Crash	9.1 minutes before submission
Install Age	13.7 minutes since version was first installed.
Install Time	2011-12-08 09:52:09
Product	Firefox
Version	11.0a1
Build ID	20111207031110
Release Channel	nightly
OS	Windows NT
OS Version	6.1.7600
Build Architecture	amd64
Build Architecture Info	family 16 model 2 stepping 3
Crash Reason	EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT
Crash Address	0x7fef3171b23
App Notes 	AdapterVendorID: 10de, AdapterDeviceID: 0421, AdapterSubsysID: 00000000, AdapterDriverVersion: 8.17.12.7533
D2D? D2D+
DWrite? DWrite+
xpcom_runtime_abort(###!!! ABORT: unable to find a usable font (serif): file e:/builds/moz2_slave/m-cen-w64-ntly/build/gfx/thebes/gfxFont.cpp, line 2114)
EMCheckCompatibility	True

Frame 	Module 	Signature [Expand] 	Source
0 	mozalloc.dll 	mozalloc_abort 	memory/mozalloc/mozalloc_abort.cpp:77
1 	xul.dll 	NS_DebugBreak_P 	xpcom/base/nsDebugImpl.cpp:345
2 	uxtheme.dll 	ThemeSystemParametersInfoW 	
3 	msvcr90.dll 	output_l 	f:\\dd\\vctools\\crt_bld\\self_64_amd64\\crt\\src\\output.c:2360
4 	user32.dll 	SystemParametersInfoW 	
5 	ntdll.dll 	RtlAllocateMemoryBlockLookaside 	
6 	ntdll.dll 	RtlAllocateMemoryBlockLookaside 	

More reports at:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?range_value=4&range_unit=weeks&signature=mozalloc_abort%28char%20const*%20const%29%20|%20NS_DebugBreak_P%20|%20ThemeSystemParametersInfoW

Comment 1

[Benoit Jacob [:bjacob] (mostly away)]

CC'ing text/fonts devs.

Comment 2

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

Looking through the crash reports, I think that there may be many repeated crash reports from the same user (e.g. someone trying each day's Nightly build) - I only found two apparently distinct systems (both AMD64, but different models, and different graphics).

Nothing in that regression range looks obviously suspicious to me, nor anything in the few days immediately preceding it. I wonder if the two(?) users experiencing this have something unusual/broken about their systems - possibly a corrupt font? But that's pure speculation, for want of any productive ideas.

Comment 3

[Scoobidiver (away)]

Most likely a duplicate of bug 636957 because the stack trace seems buggy.