[vlc-devel] segmentation fault from misc/variables - thread/mutex problem

gilles.sabourin at free.fr gilles.sabourin at free.fr
Fri Feb 29 13:19:59 CET 2008


Selon Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis at simphalempin.com>:

> Le Thursday 28 February 2008 20:54:16 Gilles Sabourin, vous avez écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > I got these backtraces under gdb whenever I start to display a freebox TV
> > channel. I can reproduce this issue systematically.
>
> That is not a segmentation fault, it's an abort due to an attempt to lock a
> mutex that does not exist (anymore). Most probably something is trying to use
> an object that has been destroyed.
>
> --
> Rémi Denis-Courmont
> http://www.remlab.net/
>

and... that leads to a segmentation fault or to a crash, whatever you call it!
Also, I forgot to say that this problem is recent, seen at changeset #25391

Gilles



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