[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Closing jaunty task as it is past EOL. ** Changed in: mt-daapd (Ubuntu Jaunty) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 Title: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
unsubscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors for now -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
13_avahi_fix_and_handle_restart.dpatch looks reasonable (albeit a pretty hefty diff!), you have a preliminary ACK to translate that into a debdiff for SRU. P.S. Please change the main bug description as required by the SRU procedure. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I marked the bug as fixed in karmic, and opened it on jaunty. Subscribing motu-sru for an ACK; I'll turn the existing patch into a debdiff and upload to proposed once I have an ACK. ** Also affects: mt-daapd (Ubuntu Jaunty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mt-daapd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released ** Changed in: mt-daapd (Ubuntu Jaunty) Status: New = Confirmed -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Apparently this has already been fixed in Debian: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/m/mt-daapd/mt- daapd_0.9~r1696.dfsg-14/changelog * debian/patches/13_avahi_fix_and_handle_restart.dpatch: + Rewritten; the previous fix made the code work on UP but uncovered the racy-by-design nature of the code. Switch to ThreadedPoll instead of SimplePoll. So, Ubuntu? ;) -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
The version in Jaunty is 0.9~r1696.dfsg-9 The fixed version in Debian is 0.9~r1696.dfsg-11 The version in Karmic is 0.9~r1696.dfsg-13 So, I believe this is fixed. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Fixed in Karmic perhaps, but the package has been broken in Jaunty since... well, alpha 6 apparently. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Indeed, still broken in Jaunty. A backport of the current Karmic package (which should be a trivial rebuild) would be most welcome. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I am not sure how the process works either. One thing you could do is chase this upstream to the Debian maintainer who added the broken patch, which Ubuntu then inherited. If you look at my patch it is actually patching *another* patch which was added and maintained by Debian to fix a few problems. It should be fixed there anyway (I had assumed a developer here would propagate this upstream to Debian) and if it is then it will probably be easier to get Ubuntu to adopt the patch. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I confess I don't know how maintaining universe packages in Ubuntu works, and I don't mean to sound ungrateful for your time and work, but is there anyone who can apply or veto this patch? Upgrading to Jaunty broke this package, and the bug has been open for 3.5 months with a patch fixing it available for 3. Cheers. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Agreed.. Is there some step we have to take on the bug that we're missing? -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Hi all. mlaverdiere wrote on 2009-05-11: (permalink) * mt-daapd_0.9~r1696.dfsg-9_i386.deb (261.6 KiB, application/x-debian-package) I was facing the same issue.. [13072.180379] mt-daapd[18382]: segfault at 4 ip b73b66b6 sp bfbb8028 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b7391000+36000] [13240.790376] mt-daapd[18767]: segfault at 4 ip b733b6b6 sp bfb3af68 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b7316000+36000] [13274.040396] mt-daapd[18783]: segfault at 4 ip b73db6b6 sp bffdd428 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b73b6000+36000] I installed the custom deb file (thanks mlaverdiere) and it works fine now. cheers!! Ravindran -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Hello, I have installed the latest patched version from the official repositories but mt-daapd crashes on startup. This is my output: $ sudo mt-daapd -f -c /etc/mt-daapd.conf Firefly Version svn-1696: Starting with debuglevel 2 Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: undefined symbol: avcodec_decode_audio Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so: plugin declined to load Plugin loaded: daap/svn-1696 Plugin loaded: rsp/svn-1696 Starting signal handler Starting rendezvous daemon Client running Initializing database Starting web server from /usr/share/mt-daapd/admin-root on port 3689 Registering rendezvous names Segmentation fault When I first stopped avahi-daemon then all function properly. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
sorry, forgot to say that the ubuntu release is Jaunty Server 64 bit. mt-daapd version is 0.9~r1696.dfsg-9 kernel version: $ uname -rmo 2.6.28-11-server x86_64 GNU/Linux -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
This bug affects me too, but the patch fixes everything. I just thought I'd add my encouragement to the maintainers to apply the patch and update the official package. Thanks! -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Those messages aren't a problem. (Well, they are, but they're unrelated to this bug!) For completeness I've attached a patched AMD64 package. That should fix your problem. ** Attachment added: mt-daapd binary package with proposed patch http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26923010/mt-daapd_0.9%7Er1696.dfsg-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
jcornwall: I still haven't found a bug for my problem then. I tried your amd64 package but got the following: d...@quad:~$ sudo aptitude install mt-daapd_0.9~r1696.dfsg-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done E: Unknown pattern type: r E: Unknown pattern type: r No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done I then tried your instructions from comment 8 and couldn't get the build-dep working. d...@quad:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep mt-daapd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Build-dependencies for mt-daapd could not be satisfied. I made a stab at manually adding the packages and ran into several dependency issues that were not reported normally but the apt tools. The build then proceeded but had multiple errors such as the following: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol avcodec_decode_audio used by debian/mt- daapd/usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so found in none of the libraries. should I create a new bug for my problem? from the initial poster documentation it is apparent that this same problem is present there also. as far as I can tell, if the ffmpeg plugin doesn't load then any files that require conversion (ogg at least) for itunes will fail. this also seems to affect display of mpeg movies to a tivo. it could be that the plugin failure is masking the real issue but I can't tell yet. the program worked great just prior to the upgrade. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Hi Dave, Sorry, perhaps I was unclear about those warnings. They indicate a genuine bug in the mt-daapd package which has been around for quite a while in Ubuntu's package, from what I recall. It could indeed cause failures in transcoding if you rely on that feature and you should make a separate bug report if you need a fix for it. This bug report is about the failure of mt-daapd to start without segfaulting in Jaunty. If you have no mt-daapd service at all then this report is relevant to you as well. To install the package with a fix for that, try this: sudo dpkg -i mt-daapd_0.9~r1696.dfsg-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb (I haven't come across that build-dep error before. Perhaps it needs an extra repository enabled in Synaptic? The binary package should work for you, anyhow.) -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
fyi, I filed bug 378390 for the ffmpeg plugin load failure. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
i'm running jaunty release and the workaround of stopping the avahi- daemon doesn't seem to work on my configuration. Linux quad 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux I still get the messages about the plugins not loading. 2009-05-18 12:05:53 (d036c804): Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so: plugin declined to load 2009-05-18 12:05:53 (d036c804): Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: undefined symbol: avcodec_decode_audio -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Just in case it is helpful to someone, here's the package I have compiled (on Jaunty) with the patch provided by jcornwall (thanks a lot!). I've tested it and it works ...although I'm experiencing another problem, with avahi-daemon that I need to manually restart after each reboot. See this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/116984 ** Attachment added: mt-daapd_0.9~r1696.dfsg-9_i386.deb http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26549308/mt-daapd_0.9%7Er1696.dfsg-9_i386.deb -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Me too on the segfault. I haven't tried the patch process yet - do you need more testers, or is this going to show up in an update? DG -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Here's the output: sudo mt-daapd -f -c /etc/mt-daapd.conf Firefly Version svn-1696: Starting with debuglevel 2 Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-ffmpeg.so: undefined symbol: avcodec_decode_audio Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so: plugin declined to load Plugin loaded: rsp/svn-1696 Plugin loaded: daap/svn-1696 Starting signal handler Starting rendezvous daemon Client running Initializing database Starting web server from /usr/share/mt-daapd/admin-root on port 3689 Registering rendezvous names Segmentation fault /var/log/messages: kernel: [669257.257537] mt-daapd[3450]: segfault at 4 ip b74da6b6 sp bfbd5fc8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.4.0[b74b5000+36000] DG -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Applying the patch per instructions got the server started. DG -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Forget about my previous comment. It turns out that the 363768 bug is related to a faulty ath9k driver, which has nothing to do with mt-daapd segfaulting with avahi. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I think that this other bug report could be relevant, i.e. on Jaunty, avahi (and thus, Rhythmbox and other apps relying on avahi) doesn't show external shares : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/363768 -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
subscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors so the patch gets reviewed, that's probably a jaunty sru candidate ** Changed in: mt-daapd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I don't want to rush anything, but the workaround proposed (first start mt-daapd, then avahi) shows some limits for me (something seems to hang, once in a while) and I badly miss my home audio system (which is based on Firefly/Rocku Soundbridge) which used to work perfectly until Jaunty upgrade... If anyone has an experimental patched package, I would gladly test it. Otherwise, I'm lost on trying to to compile SVN 1737 (I tried it, but it's not so obvious since it appears to rely on some autoconf magic) or on how to apply the proposed patch... Thanks. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Ah, sorry. I dropped that patch in for the maintainer and omitted an explanation of how to apply it for users to experiment with. You need to do this: sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev fakeroot sudo apt-get build-dep mt-daapd apt-get source mt-daapd [no sudo on this one] cd mt-daapd-0.9~r1696.dfsg cp /path/to/downloaded/13_avahi_fix_and_handle_restart.dpatch debian/patches dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb After installing the new package you might find that 'apt-get upgrade' will want to reinstall the old version. You can either not install the new package and just copy the mt-daapd binary (bad but it'll work) or you can increment the package version number (bad because you might miss a real update). For the latter, do this before 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot': sudo apt-get install devscripts dch -i -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
** Changed in: mt-daapd (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Confirm that this bug affects AMD64, mt-daapd starts ok after avahi- daemon is stopped. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Here's a me too statement. The workaround suggested by elventear appears to work for me, although i,m experiencing various unusual cut-off when I'm using mt-daapd (Firefly media server). -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Confirmed on Jaunty with latest updates. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
I can confirm the problem. A workaround is to first start mt-daapd and the avahi. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
OK, I had some time to debug this. The problem is caused by a thread-unsafe patch introduced by the upstream maintainer (in debian/patches/13_avahi_fix_and_handle_restart.dpatch). This patch was intended to restore Firefly's broken Avahi handler so that daemon reconnections could be handled gracefully. By reenabling this broken part of Firefly, a slew of race conditions between Firefly and Avahi, which were already present in the code, were exposed. The core of the problem is this: the avahi_simple_poll_* API makes it impossible to interact with from outside the event loop thread. This is by design and led to development of the thread-aware avahi_threaded_poll_* API. I have put together a preliminary patch to resolve this (attached). It passes Valgrind's Helgrind race condition checker in all live paths I have tested; previously, crash-causing races were detected in several places. It has one weakness: * _rend_avahi_lock/unlock are messily extended with a from_callback parameter. This was necessary because some locking code is shared by external threads and by the event thread (in callbacks) and Avahi provides no way to detect the thread context. Locking Avahi in the callback thread would otherwise lead to deadlock. This is a criticism of elegance and not functionality. I have tested the patch and am fairly happy with it. ** Attachment added: Fix thread-unsafe behaviour in upstream patch http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24479106/13_avahi_fix_and_handle_restart.dpatch -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 343069] Re: Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault
Confirming this problem. A standalone build of SVN 1737 (with HAVE_VA_COPY fix) works fine with Avahi. -- Avahi causing mt-daap to segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343069 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
