evolution crashes with GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

[Norbert Kiesel]

This happens within a few minutes, but not really sure what triggers it. I'm using 2 IMAP+ connections (to gmail and to mail.office365.com).

***MEMORY-ERROR***: evolution[27334]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffb3baf700 (LWP 27473)]
0x00007ffff3c81037 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff3c81037 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007ffff3c84698 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007ffff42496b0 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007ffff429247b in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007ffff42927be in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007ffff42928f2 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6 0x00007ffff4019d92 in __nptl_deallocate_tsd () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#7 0x00007ffff4019f9c in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
#8 0x00007ffff3d43e1d in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) info thr
  Id Target Id Frame
  86 Thread 0x7fffb13aa700 (LWP 27475) "pool" 0x00007ffff401e05e in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  85 Thread 0x7fff37dd8700 (LWP 27474) "pool" 0x00007ffff402082c in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
* 84 Thread 0x7fffb3baf700 (LWP 27473) "pool" 0x00007ffff3c81037 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  83 Thread 0x7fffb2bad700 (LWP 27472) "pool" 0x00007ffff401e05e in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  81 Thread 0x7fff36dd6700 (LWP 27470) "pool" 0x00007ffff401e05e in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  59 Thread 0x7fffb33ae700 (LWP 27447) "pool" 0x00007ffff401dca4 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  55 Thread 0x7fff375d7700 (LWP 27443) "pool" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  25 Thread 0x7fffb23ac700 (LWP 27408) "evolution" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  24 Thread 0x7fffb43b0700 (LWP 27407) "pool" 0x00007ffff401dca4 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  19 Thread 0x7fff45b55700 (LWP 27402) "pool" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  18 Thread 0x7fff46756700 (LWP 27401) "evolution" 0x00007ffff401e05e in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  16 Thread 0x7fff9bfff700 (LWP 27389) "evolution" 0x00007ffff401dca4 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  15 Thread 0x7fffb0ba9700 (LWP 27388) "evolution" 0x00007ffff401dca4 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
  5 Thread 0x7fffda9e6700 (LWP 27373) "evolution" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  4 Thread 0x7fffdb3ed700 (LWP 27372) "gmain" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  3 Thread 0x7fffdbbee700 (LWP 27371) "dconf worker" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  2 Thread 0x7fffe092f700 (LWP 27370) "gdbus" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  1 Thread 0x7ffff7f99a00 (LWP 27334) "evolution" 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) thread 1
[Switching to thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7f99a00 (LWP 27334))]
#0 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff3d373cd in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007ffff42781dc in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007ffff42786ba in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007ffff4c624a5 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#4 0x0000555555557299 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe568) at main.c:711

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 16 12:04:30 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-04 (437 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=gnome-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-14 (2 days ago)

[lammrag (lammrag)]

I have the same error: Evolution crashes randomly. When starting it in a terminal window, I get the following message there when it crashes:

***MEMORY-ERROR***: evolution[7848]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[mailwurm (seni0014)]

I have the same problem.

[Charles Willams (chuck-itadmins)]

same here

[Jase Whipp (jason-whipp)]

Experiencing the same issue:

***MEMORY-ERROR***: evolution[25331]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

Ubuntu 13.04

[step5 (metamorph)]

Same error here:

***MEMORY-ERROR***: evolution[6662]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

Evolution crashes randomly.

I am using Evolution 3.6.4 with MAPI Plugin against an Exchange 2010 Server on Ubuntu 13.04

[Tom Slominski (tomslominski)]

***MEMORY-ERROR***: evolution[12803]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0
Aborted (core dumped)

Evolution 3.6.4 on Ubuntu 13.04. Using a custom domain IMAP server.

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

Likewise, buggy buggy evolution...

If you want to use the program, a workaround might be starting from a terminal with:

G_SLICE=always-malloc evolution

Its a bandaid, but if it works, the cause might be somewhere in evolution (or one of its many libraries) calling g_free() on memory acquired with the g_slice mechanism.

Finding it might be like looking for a needle in a haystack though!

Another possibility, valgrind is showing some use-after free invalid reads in webkit's renderer. These might be causing issues.

[Peter Clifton (pcjc2)]

Try starting evolution with:
G_SLICE=debug-blocks evolution

If it crashes out somewhere repeatable, repeat under gdb:
G_SLICE=debug-blocks gdb evolution

Then type "run" (enter), and get a backtrace with "bt" (enter) if it crashes.

I tracked my problem down to the evolution-indicator package plugin, which I crudely "fixed" with:
sudo apt-get remove evolution-indicator

[manuscle (manuscle)]

after removing evolution-indicator, it seems evolution is not crashing anymore.
I'm using xubuntu 13.04, evolution 3.8.2

[Andres Gomez (Tanty) (tanty)]

Same experience than in comment #11. After removing the evolution-indicator, the problem is not reproducible at the same rate.

Evolution keeps crashing but not that often, as it always has :(

I think this report should be moved to the "evolution-indicator" plugin if this behavior is consistent.

[Brian Neltner (neltnerb)]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this.

I've been experiencing this problem for six months, and removing evolution-indicator finally fixed it!

It was randomly crashing every few minutes with no explanation, and no where else have I seen any suggestion for a solution.

[Richard Idiens (idiens)]

Evolution (3.2.3) under Ubuntu 12.04 has started crashing when I try to modify an entry in the contacts list.