811320 - port killAndGetStack functionality from automation.py

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 890026

(Testing :: Mozbase, defect)

Description

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

automation.py has a function called killAndGetStack, which we use when the app is hung and we want to get a stack out of it. On Linux this is just "kill -ABRT". On Windows we jump through some hoops and inject crashing code into the process. We don't have anything for OS X currently (but I've been looking at fixing Breakpad to handle SIGABRT, so the Linux code might work).

We should port this to mozbase so we don't lose functionality when we want to switch our test harnesses over. I'm not sure where this should live, mozprocess?

Comment 1

[Jeff Hammel]

mozprocess if it is generic and not specific to mozilla programs

Comment 2

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

We hemmed and hawed on this a little, I'm leaning towards putting it in mozcrash.

Comment 3

[Jeff Hammel]

for posterity: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/de2f88640ab6/build/automation.py.in#l966

TBH, I'm not sure where this "should" belong. There are several external pieces that need some thought from automation.py. We want logging, mozinfo, etc.  I also can't really comment as to the win32 part.

Comment 4

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Forward-duping because I filed a new bug and have a patch.