Bug 586391 – gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_new_valist()

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Bug 586391 - gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_new_valist()


Summary:	gedit crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_new_valist()


Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Product:	gedit
Classification:	Applications
Component:	general
Version:	2.27.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal critical
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Gedit maintainers
QA Contact:	Gedit maintainers

URL:
Whiteboard:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2009-06-19 14:05 UTC by Pedro Villavicencio
Modified:	2009-12-25 15:29 UTC

See Also:
GNOME target:	---
GNOME version:	2.27/2.28

Description Pedro Villavicencio 2009-06-19 14:05:58 UTC

this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/389099

"When I attempted to open a file by running gedit <filename> in the terminal, gedit crashed. Trying again was successfully."

".

+ Trace 216089

Thread 3 (process 8977)

#0 read
from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1 g_local_file_input_stream_read
at /usr/include/bits/unistd.h line 45
#2 read_async_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/ginputstream.c line 953
#3 run_in_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gsimpleasyncresult.c line 650
#4 io_job_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gioscheduler.c line 179
#5 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gthreadpool.c line 265
#6 g_thread_create_proxy
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gthread.c line 635
#7 start_thread
from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#8 clone
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S line 112
#9 ??

Thread 2 (process 8976)

#0 __lll_unlock_wake_private
at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/lowlevellock.S line 280
#1 _L_unlock_10334
from /lib/libc.so.6
#2 *__GI___libc_realloc
at malloc.c line 3710
#3 IA__g_realloc
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gmem.c line 170
#4 IA__g_boxed_type_register_static
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gbsearcharray.h line 216
#5 IA__g_value_get_type
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gobject/gboxed.c line 159
#6 ??
#7 ??

Thread 1 (process 8978)

#0 boxed_nodes_cmp
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gobject/gboxed.c line 79
#1 boxed_proxy_collect_value
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gbsearcharray.h line 163
#2 IA__g_object_new_valist
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gobject/gobject.c line 1307
#3 IA__g_object_new
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gobject/gobject.c line 1060
#4 IA__g_themed_icon_new_from_names
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gthemedicon.c line 307
#5 IA__g_content_type_get_icon
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gcontenttype.c line 791
#6 _g_local_file_info_get
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/glocalfileinfo.c line 1598
#7 g_local_file_enumerator_next_file
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/glocalfileenumerator.c line 343
#8 next_files_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gfileenumerator.c line 641
#9 run_in_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gsimpleasyncresult.c line 650
#10 io_job_thread
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/gio/gioscheduler.c line 179
#11 g_thread_pool_thread_proxy
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gthreadpool.c line 265
#12 g_thread_create_proxy
at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.21.2/glib/gthread.c line 635
#13 start_thread
from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#14 clone
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S line 112
#15 ??

Comment 1 Paolo Borelli 2009-12-25 15:29:25 UTC

The stack trace is not very useful and crashes somewhere deep down in gio... I am closing this since it does have enough information and lack of duplicates seems to suggest it may already have been fixed