Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:30:13 GMT From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: powerpc/133383: firefox thr_kill crash with heavy vm load Message-ID: <201011110330.oAB3UDZh063239@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR powerpc/133383; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: powerpc/133383: firefox thr_kill crash with heavy vm load Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:46:45 -0600 On 04/04/09 15:02, Justin Hibbits wrote: >> Number: 133383 >> Category: powerpc >> Synopsis: firefox thr_kill crash with heavy vm load >> Confidential: no >> Severity: non-critical >> Priority: low >> Responsible: freebsd-ppc >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: sw-bug >> Submitter-Id: current-users >> Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 04 20:10:01 UTC 2009 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: Justin Hibbits >> Release: 8-CURRENT >> Organization: >> Environment: >> > FreeBSD narn.knownspace 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #14 r189096:189865M: Sun Mar 22 23:09:12 EDT 2009 root@narn.knownspace:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NARN powerpc > > >> Description: >> > Under heavy vm load firefox3 crashes in thr_kill. Output of gdb where: > > #0 0x23c2c238 in thr_kill () from /lib/libc.so.7 > #1 0x23bbec54 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/libthr.so.3 > #2 0x21d2b3c8 in XRE_LockProfileDirectory () from /usr/local/lib/firefox3/libxul.so > > Crash address in thr_kill is the bnslr immediately following the sc. > > Hardware: G4 1.25GHz, 1.25GB RAM > > Home directory on SATA (possibly relevant). > > It appears to only occur on powerpc. > >> How-To-Repeat: >> > Start firefox, with several tabs. Run programs that perform heavy vm load. Firefox should crash relatively quickly. > Could you check if this is fixed in recent CURRENT? There have been a lot of subtle VM bugs fixed lately. -Nathan
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