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Qt & GTK apps are crashing with SIGABRT in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to NULL parent pointer

Bug #1666178 reported by dinamic on 2017-02-20

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Canonical System Image	New	High	Stephen M. Webb	Canonical System Image u8c-z "Unity8 on Zesty final"
Mir	New	High	Unassigned
gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu)	New	High	Unassigned
kdenlive (Ubuntu)	New	High	Unassigned
mir (Ubuntu)	New	High	Unassigned
qtubuntu (Ubuntu)	New	High	Unassigned
synfigstudio (Ubuntu)	New	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: synfigstudio 1.0.2-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-8.10-generic 4.10.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity8
Date: Mon Feb 20 11:43:49 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/synfigstudio
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-12 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20161108)
ProcCmdline: synfigstudio
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: synfigstudio
StacktraceTop:
mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmirclient.so.9
mir_connection_create_spec_for_modal_dialog () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmirclient.so.9
?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
Title: synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote on 2017-02-20:

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2017-02-20:

StacktraceTop:
require () at ./src/include/common/mir/require.h:28
mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec (connection=0x55a59cc97960, width=539, height=164, parent=0x0) at ./src/client/mir_surface_api.cpp:108
mir_connection_create_spec_for_modal_dialog (connection=<optimized out>, width=<optimized out>, height=<optimized out>, format=mir_pixel_format_argb_8888, parent=<optimized out>) at ./src/client/mir_surface_api.cpp:931
create_window_type_spec (buffer_usage=<optimized out>, type=<optimized out>, modal=<optimized out>, height=<optimized out>, width=<optimized out>, y=0, x=0, parent=0x0, display=0x55a59cc9a040) at ././gdk/mir/gdkmirwindowimpl.c:385
create_spec (window=window@entry=0x55a59dcdeaf0, impl=impl@entry=0x55a59d6d9e70) at ././gdk/mir/gdkmirwindowimpl.c:431

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Changed in gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
summary:	- synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in - mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() + synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in require()
tags:	removed: need-amd64-retrace

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2017-02-21: Re: synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in require() from mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() from mir_connection_create_spec_for_modal_dialog()

It's apparently a GTK bug, failing to pass a parent pointer:

MirWindowSpec* mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec(MirConnection* connection,
                                                   int width, int height,
                                                   MirWindow* parent)
{
    mir::require(mir_window_is_valid(parent));

Although that might also be correct... Does it have a parent?

information type:	Private → Public
summary:	- synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in require() + synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in require() from + mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() from + mir_connection_create_spec_for_modal_dialog()
Changed in gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → High
Changed in mir (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in mir:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
tags:	added: gtk-mir

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2017-02-23: Re: Legacy apps are crashing in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to NULL parent pointer

OK, from the duplicate bug I can see the common theme. We either have buggy toolkits, or just some legacy apps expect to create "modal" dialogs without a parent window. I'm not sure if that's an app bug, but Mir will certainly abort() if you ask for that.

summary:	- synfigstudio crashed with SIGABRT in require() from - mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() from - mir_connection_create_spec_for_modal_dialog() + Legacy apps are crashing in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to + NULL parent pointer
Changed in mir:
importance:	Medium → High
Changed in kdenlive (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in mir (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → High
Changed in qtubuntu (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in synfigstudio (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
summary:	- Legacy apps are crashing in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to - NULL parent pointer + Legacy apps are crashing with SIGABRT in + mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to NULL parent pointer
Changed in mir:
milestone:	none → 1.0.0

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-02-24

tags:

added: clientapi

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2017-02-24:

Seems like the right answer in some cases might be:

MirWindowSpec*
mir_create_dialog_window_spec(MirConnection* connection,
int width, int height);

summary:	- Legacy apps are crashing with SIGABRT in + Qt & GTK apps are crashing with SIGABRT in mir_create_modal_dialog_window_spec() due to NULL parent pointer
description:	updated

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote on 2017-02-28:

another crash with terminix https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/terminix/+bug/1668473

it's pretty easy to reproduce, install terminix, from menu -> Settings. instant crash

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-03-08

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
milestone:	none → u8c-1
importance:	Undecided → High
tags:	added: unity8-desktop
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee:	nobody → Stephen M. Webb (bregma)

Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) on 2017-03-28

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
milestone:	u8c-1 → u8c-z

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2017-04-03

Changed in mir:
milestone:	0.27.0 → 0.28.0

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