Re: [Bug #12505] 2.6.29-rc1 Firefox crashing on page load

Justin Mattock
2009-02-04T18:15:10Z

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org> wrote:
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> * Justin Mattock <justinmattock-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
>> > of recent regressions.
>> >
>> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
>> > from 2.6.28. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
>> > (either way).
>> >
>> >
>> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12505
>> > Subject : 2.6.29-rc1 Firefox crashing on page load
>> > Submitter : Justin Madru <jdm64-u1xxEuL7cY4AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> > Date : 2009-01-16 20:56 (20 days old)
>> > First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4217458dafaa57d8e26a46f5d05ab8c53cf64191
>> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123213941914274&w=4
>> > Handled-By : Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Well the hardest for this, was to reproduce
>> the error.(never did). I guess it can be taken
>> of if there was a patch for the fix, and the patch
>> made it into the main tree. but if this is a firefox
>> issue, then a report needs to be filed with them.
>> so overall my answer is "I don't know."
>> :^)
>
> the error is spurious because gcc randomly stomps on user register state so
> the effects can be rather random and unpredictable.
>
> The fix:
>
> 552b8aa: Revert "x86: signal: change type of paramter for sys_rt_sigreturn()"
>
> was included in -rc2 already, so please test latest -git whether you can see
> any such troubles.
>
> Ingo
>

Sure I'll test it.
I'm just in the process of compiling libc.
which looks like I'll be here for a while.

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Justin P. Mattock