945439 - crash in nsStyleContext::DoGetStyleOutline(bool)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[(Away)]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-f59a5f29-ecee-4bba-b9c2-0018a2131202.
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This looks like another instance of the AMD bug. The Aurora hits show the typical pattern:
- Only occurs on one day's build
- AMD family 20 model 1 and 2 CPUs
- We've inexplicably jumped into the middle of an instruction

This is the first known flare-up after the BIOS manufacturer logging was added. Here is the breakdown from 204 hits on 20131128004001:

    53 American Megatrends Inc.
    35 LENOVO
    27 Insyde Corp.
    27 Hewlett-Packard
    21 Acer
    19 AMI
    13 TOSHIBA
     4 Dell Inc.
     3 Infoway Note A7520
     1 eMachines
     1 Gateway

Comment 1

[(Away)]

The above may be skewed by repeated hits from the same users. Here's the breakdown based on 147 unique install-times:

     37 American Megatrends Inc.
     23 Insyde Corp.
     21 LENOVO
     19 Acer
     16 Hewlett-Packard
     14 AMI
      9 TOSHIBA
      3 Infoway Note A7520
      3 Dell Inc.
      1 eMachines
      1 Gateway

Comment 2

[(Away)]

160 unique install times broken down by CPU model:

Family 20 Model 1:
     20 American Megatrends Inc.
     15 Insyde Corp.
     11 Hewlett-Packard
     11 LENOVO
      9 Acer
      4 TOSHIBA
      3 AMI
      2 Infoway Note A7520
      1 eMachines
      1 Gateway

Family 20 Model 2:
     21 American Megatrends Inc.
     14 LENOVO
     12 Acer
     11 AMI
     10 Insyde Corp.
      6 Hewlett-Packard
      5 TOSHIBA
      3 Dell Inc.
      1 Infoway Note A7520

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

I don't see any of these on crash-stats in the past month

Comment 4

[(Away)]

(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #3)
> I don't see any of these on crash-stats in the past month

That's expected. The AMD bug comes and goes every few months, and often takes a new signature. We may or may not see this one again.

Comment 5

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Closing because no crash reported since 12 weeks.

Comment 6

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Closing because no crash reported since 12 weeks.