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[nouveau] Programs crash with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion `kref' failed.

Bug #1497593 reported by dinamic
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Bug Description

Programs crash with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion `kref' failed. Because nouveau is not thread safe(?)

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7f1aba6fd028 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=assertion@entry=0x7f1aa469f879 "kref", file=file@entry=0x7f1aa469f85a "../../nouveau/pushbuf.c", line=line@entry=726, function=function@entry=0x7f1aa469f8a0 <__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.6304> "nouveau_pushbuf_data") at assert.c:92
 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=assertion@entry=0x7f1aa469f879 "kref", file=file@entry=0x7f1aa469f85a "../../nouveau/pushbuf.c", line=line@entry=726, function=function@entry=0x7f1aa469f8a0 <__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.6304> "nouveau_pushbuf_data") at assert.c:101
 nouveau_pushbuf_data (push=push@entry=0x5598e59d0940, bo=0x5598e59d1050, offset=122520, length=1292) at ../../nouveau/pushbuf.c:726
 nouveau_pushbuf_data (push=push@entry=0x5598e59d0940, bo=bo@entry=0x0, offset=offset@entry=0, length=length@entry=0) at ../../nouveau/pushbuf.c:718
 pushbuf_submit (push=push@entry=0x5598e59d0940, chan=<optimized out>, chan=<optimized out>) at ../../nouveau/pushbuf.c:329

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Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
tags: added: nouveau
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()

This might be related to bug 1553328. It seems plausible that webbrowser-app might be trying to do multi-threaded rendering, which we know will crash on nouveau.

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

and it's not only the web browser it's all the web apps and anything related.

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
summary: - webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()
+ webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data()
Changed in webbrowser-app (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: crash
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data()
+ webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion
+ `kref' failed.
summary: - webbrowser-app crashed with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion
- `kref' failed.
+ Programs crash with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion `kref'
+ failed.
tags: added: bionic
removed: wily
tags: added: focal
tags: added: hirsute
affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu) → libdrm (Ubuntu)
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Related upstream bugs:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/1087
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/1080

When I last hit this problem myself it was due to nouveau not being thread safe (last seen in Mir/Unity8 bug 1553328).

summary: - Programs crash with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion `kref'
- failed.
+ [nouveau] Programs crash with SIGABRT in nouveau_pushbuf_data: Assertion
+ `kref' failed.
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
description: updated
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: jammy
removed: hirsute
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in mesa:
status: Unknown → New
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: lunar
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