QA/Topcrashes

This page is a tracking document for handling and following topcrashes on the trunk.

Info on weekly status meetings for tracking crashes and improvements to the crash reporting system is at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad/Status_Meetings

If you find an extension or plugin that is the source of a crash consider filing a blocklist request - http://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting

Current topcrashes being tracked 3.1b2

19 Dec 2008 - Starting to analyze crashes and assemble the list.

(Using the last week query.)

"new" indicates new to the topcrash list in beta2

#	bug	stack	where	status
1		0x0		general crash; no one topcrash
2 (new)	bug 467007	nanojit::LirBufWriter::insLink(nanojit::LOpcode, nanojit::LIns*)		fix is on the branch and verified1.9.1
3 (new)	bug 470485	nanojit::LirBufWriter::insImm(int)		could be fixed by bug 467007
4 (new)	bug 470487	nsWindow::GetParentWindow()
5 (new)	bug 470492	nanojit::LIns::targetAddr()		patch on the TM branch, but may need more work
6 (new)	bug 470494 or bug 466659	dtoa		maybe flash?
7 (new)	maybe a variation of bug 470487	nsBaseWidget::Destroy()
8 formerly 16	bug 458667	OfficeAV.dll@0x5606		symantec is pushing a patch for this
10 formerly 15	bug 458961	libobjc.A.dylib@0x24c7	cocoa widgets	mac-only, potential patch in bug; ppc version is #10
11 (new)	bug 470892	nanojit::LIns::deref(int)		graydon's latest merge from adobe's nj repository may have fixed
12 formerly 5	bug 424663	imm32.dll@0x3e24	windows widget code	happens with chinese ime
13 (back?)	bug 434752 and bug bug 420678	arena_dalloc_small	graveyard for incompat binary addons and plugins	need to investigate for possible round of 3.1 blocklisting
15 (new)	bug 470758	JS_GetMethodById	easy to reproduce xp. Regression from 7 or 8/11/2008	is now fixed in 1.9.1
17 formerly 6	bug 424663	CalcCharacterPositionAtoW	windows widget code	happens with chinese ime
59 formerly 7	bug 462778	JS_TraceChildren	js engine (xpconnect?)	patch landed for b2
47 formerly 9	bug 444446	memcpy	sqlite	mostly caused by sqlite functions; should be fixed in b2

Date -

#	bug	stack	where	status
1		user32.dll@0x11911
2		PostMessageEvent::Run()
3		nsIFrame::GetAncestorWithView()
4		NSSRWLock_LockRead_Util
5		nsWindow::GetParentWindow()
6		msvcrt.dll@0x37c89
7		NPSWF32.dll@0x1a7640		Flash on Windows
8		_PR_MD_SEND
9		GoogleDesktopMozilla.dll@0x5500		Google Desktop
10		arena_run_reg_alloc
11		RaiseException
12		kernel32.dll@0x12aeb
13		libobjc.A.dylib@0x15688
14		@0x0		no single crash
15		nsStyleSet::AddImportantRules(nsRuleNode, nsRuleNode)
16		nsCycleCollector::MarkRoots(GCGraphBuilder&)
17		msvcrt.dll@0x1226a
18		ntdll.dll@0x43387
19		GoogleDesktopMozilla.dll@0x5512		Google Desktop
20		nsBaseWidget::Destroy()