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Bug 611531 - Segfault due to race condition while shutting down.
Segfault due to race condition while shutting down.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-pilot
Classification: Other
Component: applet
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-pilot Maintainers
gnome-pilot Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-03-01 22:49 UTC by Marc Deslauriers
Modified: 2010-06-16 19:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Patch to fix segfault while shutting down (842 bytes, patch)
2010-03-01 22:49 UTC, Marc Deslauriers 		none Details | Review

Description Marc Deslauriers 2010-03-01 22:49:17 UTC 
Created attachment 154985 [details] [review]
Patch to fix segfault while shutting down

When shutting down, self can be freed in applet_destroy while
timeout() is being called, which results in a segfault. This
patch properly removes the timeout handler before freeing self.

Also see:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-pilot/+bug/189389

and to see a current stacktrace:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-pilot/+bug/478335

Included is a patch to fix the problem.
Comment 1 Matt Davey 2010-06-16 19:27:34 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.