720092 - java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: getChars (0 ... 88168) ends beyond length 0

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P1)

Description

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

This is one of the types of TouchMemory errors.

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: getChars (0 ... 88168) ends beyond length 0
	at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.checkRange(SpannableStringBuilder.java:943)
	at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.getChars(SpannableStringBuilder.java:847)
	at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.toString(SpannableStringBuilder.java:869)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoInputConnection.getExtractedText(GeckoInputConnection.java:201)
	at com.android.internal.view.IInputConnectionWrapper.executeMessage(IInputConnectionWrapper.java:318)
	at com.android.internal.view.IInputConnectionWrapper$MyHandler.handleMessage(IInputConnectionWrapper.java:86)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:150)
	at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoApp$31.run(GeckoApp.java:1547)

Comment 1

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

alex, dupe as appropriate

Comment 2

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

dup of bug 717932?

Comment 5

[Alex Pakhotin (:alexp)]

Made this bug the main one, as it is about the actual exception in Java code, causing the crashes:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/ecc2e65d-fc9e-40eb-afb9-14a3b2120121
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/829fd557-b272-480f-b1f5-fbcc52120121
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/ecc2e65d-fc9e-40eb-afb9-14a3b2120121
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?query_search=signature&query_type=contains&reason_type=contains&range_value=4&range_unit=weeks&hang_type=any&process_type=any&signature=mozalloc_abort%20|%20__swrite%20|%20dlfree%20|%20dlfree%20|%20loadLibs

Comment 6

[Alex Pakhotin (:alexp)]

As mentioned in the bug 720085, the following issue might be related
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5164

Comment 7

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Attachment: patch v.1

Comment 8

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/bbc7014db2de

Comment 9

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

Comment on attachment 593128 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v.1

[Triage Comment]
simple try-catch to catch the condition and not crash

Comment 10

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It landed just before 12.0 becomes Aurora: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/801015738a12.
An Aurora approval means it will land twice in 12.0.

Comment 11

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/09e15a877c86
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/7be7d0bdedcd