Comment on attachment 8561105 Pad heap allocations passed to flag_qsort() on x86 Linux to work around gcc bug affecting Ubuntu packages
Approval Request Comment [Feature/regressing bug #]: not a regression in our codebase [User impact if declined]: #3 topcrash on Linux, specific to 32-bit Ubuntu-distributed builds. Firefox will randomly crash on 32-bit Linux builds the first time the user uses a textarea or otherwise does something that initializes the spellchecker. (It only crashes a small percentage of the time, but it affects a large number of users.) [Describe test coverage new/current, TreeHerder]: None. Just landed on mozilla-inbound. I don't know of any way to test that the fix works without shipping it on the release channel. [Risks and why]: Low risk; it's padding a few allocations in the spellcheck code with 2 extra bytes on all 32-bit Linux builds. [String/UUID change made/needed]: no -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322784 Title: Firefox crashes in flag_qsort during spellchecker initialization on x86 due to gcc bug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1322784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
