Comment 87 for bug 115153

This part of the code before the patch's change:
   var dbview = GetDBView();
   if(dbview && !dbview.supportsThreading)
     return;
   dbview.viewFlags |= nsMsgViewFlagsType.kThreadedDisplay;

has a potential for failure: if dbview is null, the 'return' will be skipped and then the null pointer will be dereferenced. The if-clause should change to:
   if (!dbview || !dbview.supportsThreading)

Also, I notice the subsequent routine in the file, MsgSortThreadPane(), also references GetDBView() but doesn't check for null at all. If the test is unneeded, it should be removed; otherwise, it should be everywhere.

None of which is germane to this bug, which I just checked and can verify. :)