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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Need suggestion on how to fix the common crash in plasma-desktop (kdelibs related)
From:       "Lamarque V. Souza" <lamarque () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-03-21 2:26:56
Message-ID: 201203202326.56749.lamarque () kde ! org
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Em Tuesday 20 March 2012, Thomas Lübking escreveu:
> Tried to connect to QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit()?

	It is already done but that does not cover the case where WeatherEngine 
is unloaded without plasma-{desktop,device} exiting. The Ions must be unloaded 
in that case or we will have a memory leak.
 
> Am 21.03.2012, 02:31 Uhr, schrieb Lamarque V. Souza <lamarque@kde.org>:
> > 	Hi,
> > 	
> > 	There is a crash in WeatherEngine (kde-workspace) triggered by the fact
> > 
> > that Plasma::DataEngineManager::self() (kdelib) is invalid when
> > plasma-{desktop,device} are exiting. WeatherEngine::~WeatherEngine()
> > calls
> > WeatherEngine::unloadIons(), which tries to use the invalid
> > Plasma::DataEngineManager::self(). The crash only happens if there is
> > something using WeatherEngine when plasma-{desktop,device} exit, of
> > course.
> > There are several bug report about this crash:
> > 
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223622
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241509
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261610
> > 
> > 	And counting. The reports were closed as upstrem but think we can
> > 
> > prevent the crash by adding a method to Plasma::DataEngineManager to
> > check if
> > it is still valid. Using "if (Plasma::DataEngineManager::self()) {}" also
> > triggers the crash because of the way Plasma::DataEngineManager::self()
> > is
> > implemented.
> > 
> > 	What do you think about adding a Plasma::DataEngineManager::valid()
> > 
> > method?
> > 
> > 
> > OBS: That crash is in WeatherEngine since it entered kde-workspace in
> > 2009.


-- 
Lamarque V. Souza
KDE's Network Management maintainer
http://planetkde.org/pt-br

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20 March 2012, Thomas Lübking escreveu:</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
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QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit()?</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; ">&nbsp;</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">	It is already done but that does not cover the \
case where WeatherEngine is unloaded without plasma-{desktop,device} exiting. The \
Ions must be unloaded in that case or we will have a memory leak.</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; Am 21.03.2012, 02:31 \
Uhr, schrieb Lamarque V. Souza &lt;lamarque@kde.org&gt;:</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 	Hi,</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 	</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 	There is a crash \
in WeatherEngine (kde-workspace) triggered by the fact</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; that Plasma::DataEngineManager::self() \
(kdelib) is invalid when</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; plasma-{desktop,device} are exiting. \
WeatherEngine::~WeatherEngine()</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; calls</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; WeatherEngine::unloadIons(), which tries to use the \
invalid</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; \
Plasma::DataEngineManager::self(). The crash only happens if there is</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; something using \
WeatherEngine when plasma-{desktop,device} exit, of</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; course.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; There are several bug report about this \
crash:</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; \
</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; \
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223622</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; \
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241509</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; \
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261610</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 	And counting. The reports were closed \
as upstrem but think we can</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; prevent the crash by adding a method to \
Plasma::DataEngineManager to</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; check if</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; it is still valid. Using &quot;if \
(Plasma::DataEngineManager::self()) {}&quot; also</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; triggers the crash because of the way \
Plasma::DataEngineManager::self()</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; is</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; implemented.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 	What do you think about adding a \
Plasma::DataEngineManager::valid()</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; method?</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; OBS: That crash is in WeatherEngine \
since it entered kde-workspace in</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">&gt; &gt; 2009.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; ">&nbsp;</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; ">&nbsp;</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">-- </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Lamarque V. Souza</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">KDE's Network Management maintainer</p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">http://planetkde.org/pt-br</p></body></html>



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