cpufreqd crashing

[Herbert]

Hi,

I'm getting the following crash report for cpufreqd in my Samsung laptop:

$ sudo service cpufreqd start
 * Starting CPU Frequency daemon cpufreqd *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/cpufreqd terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x5c)[0x7fc027b4608c]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x111020)[0x7fc027b45020]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x1115c4)[0x7fc027b455c4]
/usr/sbin/cpufreqd(main+0x308)[0x402bb8]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7fc027a55de5]
/usr/sbin/cpufreqd[0x403c9d]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0040b000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 565032 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd
0060a000-0060b000 r--p 0000a000 08:02 565032 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd
0060b000-0060c000 rw-p 0000b000 08:02 565032 /usr/sbin/cpufreqd
012a3000-012c4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
7fc02781e000-7fc027833000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1453913 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
7fc027833000-7fc027a32000 ---p 00015000 08:02 1453913 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
7fc027a32000-7fc027a33000 r--p 00014000 08:02 1453913 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
7fc027a33000-7fc027a34000 rw-p 00015000 08:02 1453913 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
7fc027a34000-7fc027bf1000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1443281 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so
7fc027bf1000-7fc027df1000 ---p 001bd000 08:02 1443281 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so
7fc027df1000-7fc027df5000 r--p 001bd000 08:02 1443281 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so
7fc027df5000-7fc027df7000 rw-p 001c1000 08:02 1443281 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so
7fc027df7000-7fc027dfc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fc027dfc000-7fc027e01000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 565028 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0
7fc027e01000-7fc028000000 ---p 00005000 08:02 565028 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0
7fc028000000-7fc028001000 r--p 00004000 08:02 565028 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0
7fc028001000-7fc028002000 rw-p 00005000 08:02 565028 /usr/lib/libcpufreq.so.0.0.0
7fc028002000-7fc028005000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1443296 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so
7fc028005000-7fc028204000 ---p 00003000 08:02 1443296 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so
7fc028204000-7fc028205000 r--p 00002000 08:02 1443296 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so
7fc028205000-7fc028206000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 1443296 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.17.so
7fc028206000-7fc028229000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1443257 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so
7fc028401000-7fc028404000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fc028425000-7fc028428000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fc028428000-7fc028429000 r--p 00022000 08:02 1443257 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so
7fc028429000-7fc02842b000 rw-p 00023000 08:02 1443257 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.17.so
7fff0d9a9000-7fff0d9ca000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]
7fff0d9fe000-7fff0da00000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall]
Aborted (core dumped)

I've also attached lshw output.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: cpufreqd 2.4.2-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 18 13:17:45 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (89 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: cpufreqd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for the report. This looks like a duplicate of bug 1162160, can you confirm that the problem goes away if you remove the option "-f" from start-daemon command in /etc/init.d/cpufreqd ?

[Herbert (herbert-fischer)]

Yes. By removing this option the problem goes away.

Is there something I can change in it's config file to avoid this?

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Andreas Moog <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thanks for the report. This looks like a duplicate of bug 1162160, can
> you confirm that the problem goes away if you remove the option "-f"
> from start-daemon command in /etc/init.d/cpufreqd ?
>
>
> ** Changed in: cpufreqd (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => High
>
> ** Changed in: cpufreqd (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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[Herbert (herbert-fischer)]

I've commented out every option in /etc/cpufreqd.conf except for the
following lines, but it still crashes:

[General]
pidfile=/var/run/cpufreqd.pid
[/General]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Herbert Fischer
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Yes. By removing this option the problem goes away.
>
> Is there something I can change in it's config file to avoid this?
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Andreas Moog <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the report. This looks like a duplicate of bug 1162160, can
>> you confirm that the problem goes away if you remove the option "-f"
>> from start-daemon command in /etc/init.d/cpufreqd ?
>>
>>
>> ** Changed in: cpufreqd (Ubuntu)
>> Importance: Undecided => High
>>
>> ** Changed in: cpufreqd (Ubuntu)
>> Status: New => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270443
>>
>> Title:
>> cpufreqd crashing
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpufreqd/+bug/1270443/+subscriptions
>>
>
>

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Yes, it's a programming problem. I will go and try to request a Stable
Release Update to fix the error.

 duplicate 1162160