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Greg Hurrell
Thanks for the report, Steve. I think you're correct in concluding that your track change experiments have nothing to do with the crashes.
I've seen these crashes myself and they're the one remaining known stability issue. Basically, it seems that NSAppleScript has some serious issues under Garbage Collection. I've analysed the calling code and there doesn't seem to be anything obvious that can be done about it. The calling code is basically just things like:
static NSString *source =
@"tell application \"iTunes\"\n" @" try\n" @" return the name of every playlist\n" @" on error\n" @" return \"ERROR\"\n" @" end try\n" @"end tell";
NSAppleScript *script = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:source]; NSAppleEventDescriptor *result = [script executeAndReturnError:NULL];
As you can see, nothing much there that could explain the crashes... Incidentally, the NULL there is just an alternative to see if it made any difference; prior to that I was passing a parameter in there.
In the worst case scenario I'll have to throw out all use of NSAppleScript if a workaround can't be found... which would be quite painful as it is used in dozens of places all around the code base and will be quite hard to replace.
In my own experience I sometimes have to try launching various times, and every time is crashes in NSAppleScript. But once it's up it generally stays up indefinitely. If the stability starts to wear on you, remember that you can still go back to 3.2, as that works fine on Leopard:
https://wincent.dev/a/products/synergy-classic/download/tiger/
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Brad
I'm experiencing constant crashes as well with Synergy 3.5a6. Here's an example crash log:
Process: Synergy [6645] Path: /Applications/Synergy Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Synergy.app/Contents/MacOS/Synergy Identifier: org.wincent.Synergy Version: version 3.5a6 (69d0d56) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [81] Date/Time: 2008-04-21 14:32:07.713 -0700 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010) Report Version: 6 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Application Specific Information: objc[6645]: garbage collection is ON Thread 0 Crashed: 0 com.apple.applescript 0x0056dd85 TUASFrame::UnlinkTo(TUASFrameType, TUASUnlinkExtent) + 53 1 com.apple.applescript 0x005565dc UASExecute1() + 3108 2 com.apple.applescript 0x00556884 UASExecute(unsigned char) + 178 3 com.apple.applescript 0x005280e4 ASExecute(unsigned long, unsigned long, long, unsigned long*) + 302 4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x96862905 CallComponentFunctionCommon + 537 5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x968a7cb8 CallComponentFunction + 122 6 com.apple.applescript 0x00523ae2 AppleScriptComponent + 1744 7 com.apple.applescript 0x0053f927 AGenericManager::HandleOSACall(ComponentParameters*) + 63 8 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x968625cd CallComponentDispatch + 29 9 com.apple.openscripting 0x91630390 OSAExecute + 61 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x93658f7b -[NSAppleScript(NSPrivate) _executeWithMode:andReturnError:] + 107 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x93658e51 -[NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] + 49 12 org.wincent.Synergy 0x00010b73 -[SynergyController timer:] + 9203 13 org.wincent.Synergy 0x0000ce21 -[SynergyController handleNotification:] + 425 14 com.apple.Foundation 0x9356fbda _nsnote_callback + 106 15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9316b71b __CFXNotificationHandleMessage + 587 16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9316b80e __CFXNotificationReceiveFromServer + 238 17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93166555 __CFMachPortPerform + 117 18 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318a921 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 3921 19 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318ad18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x948ad6a0 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283 21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x948ad3f2 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 175 22 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x948ad32d BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106 23 com.apple.AppKit 0x91cf27d9 _DPSNextEvent + 657 24 com.apple.AppKit 0x91cf208e -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128 25 com.apple.AppKit 0x91ceb0c5 -[NSApplication run] + 795 26 com.apple.AppKit 0x91cb830a NSApplicationMain + 574 27 org.wincent.Synergy 0x00002dd2 start + 54 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914a7bce __semwait_signal + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d28cd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73 2 libauto.dylib 0x91477bcf auto_collection_thread(void*) + 175 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1c55 _pthread_start + 321 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1b12 thread_start + 34 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914a09e6 mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914a81dc mach_msg + 72 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318a0de CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1806 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318ad18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x935d3ac0 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 320 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x935705ad -[NSThread main] + 45 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x93570154 __NSThread__main__ + 308 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1c55 _pthread_start + 321 8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1b12 thread_start + 34 Thread 3: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914f0b3a select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1c55 _pthread_start + 321 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1b12 thread_start + 34 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914a09e6 mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914a81dc mach_msg + 72 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318a0de CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1806 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9318ad18 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 4 com.apple.CFNetwork 0x947216cc CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 396 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1c55 _pthread_start + 321 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x914d1b12 thread_start + 34 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x09828000 ebx: 0x0056dd5b ecx: 0x00000008 edx: 0x002a3044 edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x005a4070 ebp: 0xbfffe348 esp: 0xbfffe310 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x0056dd85 cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0x00000000 Binary Images: 0x1000 - 0x37fff +org.wincent.Synergy version 3.5a6 (69d0d56) <08d6017ec16a018e8902a64627f8b093> /Applications/Synergy Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Synergy.app/Contents/MacOS/Synergy 0x5f000 - 0x79fff com.apple.ScriptingBridge 1.0 (1.0) <4ef56775c0b6c2f6a28e181b979b5383> /System/Library/Frameworks/ScriptingBridge.framework/Versions/A/ScriptingBridge 0x10e000 - 0x1efff7 libxml2.2.dylib ??? 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Greg Hurrell
Just saw a very interesting post to the cocoa-dev mailing list from Apple's own Mark Piccirelli.
Basically, a developer wrote in asking about random crashes in NSAppleScript and Mark replied:
Is this a garbage-collected app? If so the crash is a known bug.
And then in a follow-up:
But we intend to fix it in a software update. (And I can't say anything more specific than that. A fix isn't a fix until it's shipped.)
So fingers crossed that it comes sooner rather than later (although note that he does say that they intend to fix it; which suggests that while it is a known issue it isn't actually fixed yet). It would be nice to have this in 10.5.3 rather than 10.6!
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Greg Hurrell
If you are interested in this issue and would like to see Apple fix the bug, please file a report with them at:
In your report you should basically make the following points:
- That applications that run under Garbage Collection on Leopard are crashing in NSAppleScript
- That you're aware that this is a known issue, that the original Radar number is 5523530, but that you wanted to file a report because the issue is negatively impacting your use of Mac OS X and you have no known workarounds
Apparently, receiving duplicate reports help Apple prioritize their engineering resources and decide which bugs should be fixed first.
I think you need an ADC account (free, get one here) in order to use their bugreporter, and it would also be a good idea to attach a sample crash report. Look in your
~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/folder for a report, and make sure that it is one which resembles the sample above; in other words, it should be crashing in the main thread, thread 0:Thread 0 Crashed:
And if you look down the list of stack frames for thread 0 you should see some NSAppleScript calls that resemble these:
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x93658f7b -[NSAppleScript(NSPrivate) _executeWithMode:andReturnError:] + 107 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x93658e51 -[NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] + 49
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Greg Hurrell
Installed 10.5.3 last night and am testing to see if Apple has fixed this bug... Not hopeful about it as there was no allusion to NSAppleScript, AppleScript or Apple Events in the release notes, and my own bug in Apple's tracker was marked as Closed/Duplicate a long time ago and they don't let you see the status of the original bug. But still, fingers crossed: will see if they've made a fix.
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anonymous
hi, i'm just wondering if this bug has been fixed by Apple or not.
thanks.
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Greg Hurrell
I haven't seen any crashes since upgrading to 10.5.3, and I haven't heard any reports from others either, so I am hoping that the fix was included. But only time will tell seeing as the release notes are not very detailed and didn't mention any low-level bugfixes.
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Greg Hurrell
Sadly, just received my first report of this crash on 10.5.3, so looks like Apple still hasn't fixed the bug:
Date/Time: 2008-06-24 13:26:02.360 -0400 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9D34) Report Version: 6 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000003 Crashed Thread: 0 Application Specific Information: objc[156]: garbage collection is ON Thread 0 Crashed: 0 com.apple.applescript 0x1c996214 TUASFrame::UnlinkTo(TUASFrameType, TUASUnlinkExtent) + 64 1 com.apple.applescript 0x1c97f714 UASExecute1() + 3240 2 com.apple.applescript 0x1c97f968 UASExecute(unsigned char) + 148 3 com.apple.applescript 0x1c94ea2c ASExecute(unsigned long, unsigned long, long, unsigned long*) + 308 4 com.apple.applescript 0x1c94a02c AppleScriptComponent + 1900 5 com.apple.applescript 0x1c968240 AGenericManager::HandleOSACall(ComponentParameters*) + 64 6 com.apple.openscripting 0x928877bc OSAExecute + 48 7 com.apple.Foundation 0x90faefd8 -[NSAppleScript(NSPrivate) _executeWithMode:andReturnError:] + 92 8 org.wincent.Synergy 0x0000f3c4 -[SynergyController timer:] + 8108 9 org.wincent.Synergy 0x000091a0 -[SynergyController playPauseHotKeyPressed] + 32 10 org.wincent.Synergy 0x0000295c -[HotkeyCapableApplication sendEvent:] + 100 11 com.apple.AppKit 0x938fb6f4 -[NSApplication run] + 776 12 com.apple.AppKit 0x938cc0d0 NSApplicationMain + 440 13 org.wincent.Synergy 0x000026fc start + 64
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Brett Cassette
So what are we able to do in the meantime? I've been experiencing the same crash with Synergy
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Greg Hurrell
In the meantime, you can use Synergy 3.2.1, which has the exact same feature set but does not expose the Leopard bug because it doesn't use the new Garbage Collection added in Leopard.
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Greg Hurrell
Summary changed:
- From: CRASH: NSAppleScript freaks out under Garbage Collection
- To: NSAppleScript freaks out under Garbage Collection
Tags changed:
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- To: crash
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Greg Hurrell
It's been a while since my last post on this topic.
Since then, version 3.4 has been released (stable series) yesterday, and 3.5a9 (alpha/experimental) series was released today.
I've heard rumours that Apple might have fixed this bug in 10.5.7, so I've bumped the minimum system version requirement up to 10.5.7 and am putting this new build out into the wild to get some feedback and see if that rumour is true.
I'm kind of getting sick of having to maintain these two lines of development so I am thinking of starting to work on new features in the 3.5 series even if the Apple bug isn't fixed yet, while the 3.4 series will be bug fixes only.
Basically, if you want to live on the cutting edge, warts and all, you'll be able to run the 3.5 series; and if you want stability you'll can stay with 3.4, but you'll have to accept that there won't be any forward movement, feature-wise, on that branch.
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Greg Hurrell
Alas, looks like Apple still hasn't fixed the bug in 10.5.7. Looks like we'll be waiting for Snow Leopard.
Process: Synergy [88682] Path: /Applications/Synergy Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Synergy.app/Contents/MacOS/Synergy Identifier: org.wincent.Synergy Version: versión 3.5.1a (a79503f) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [160] Interval Since Last Report: 66121 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 71989 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Date/Time: 2009-07-03 13:32:25.012 +0200 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: 6544FCAB-683D-4A46-BCED-032781C7835E Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Application Specific Information: objc[88682]: garbage collection is ON Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a7ee42 __kill + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94af123a raise + 26 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94afd679 abort + 73 3 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x9745a005 0x97412000 + 294917 4 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x9745810c __gxx_personality_v0 + 1108 5 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x9745806c __gxx_personality_v0 + 948 6 libgcc_s.1.dylib 0x903495ee _Unwind_Backtrace + 270 7 libgcc_s.1.dylib 0x90349794 _Unwind_RaiseException + 308 8 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x97458254 __cxa_throw + 88 9 com.apple.applescript 0x004cc7b4 CFDataCreateMutableWithBytes(__CFAllocator const*, unsigned char const*, long) + 0 10 com.apple.applescript 0x004cc51d ASError(long) + 43 11 com.apple.applescript 0x004aefcd TGCStack::Pop() + 31 12 com.apple.applescript 0x004af000 GCPop() + 34 13 com.apple.applescript 0x005013a6 TUASValue::BecomeAEDesc(AEDesc&, TUASApplication*, unsigned char) + 176 14 com.apple.applescript 0x004aff1b ASCoerceToDesc(unsigned long, unsigned long, long, AEDesc*) + 113 15 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92c92d01 CallComponentFunctionCommon + 537 16 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92cd82b0 CallComponentFunction + 122 17 com.apple.applescript 0x004aba9e AppleScriptComponent + 1744 18 com.apple.applescript 0x004c78e3 AGenericManager::HandleOSACall(ComponentParameters*) + 63 19 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x92c929c9 CallComponentDispatch + 29 20 com.apple.openscripting 0x96a1b7c5 OSACoerceToDesc + 61 21 com.apple.Foundation 0x97088d8e -[NSAppleScript(NSPrivate) _executeWithMode:andReturnError:] + 158 22 com.apple.Foundation 0x97088c31 -[NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] + 49 23 org.wincent.Synergy 0x000105da -[SynergyController timer:] + 9202 24 org.wincent.Synergy 0x0000c889 -[SynergyController handleNotification:] + 415 25 com.apple.Foundation 0x96f9f43a _nsnote_callback + 106 26 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9020938b __CFXNotificationHandleMessage + 587 27 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9020947e __CFXNotificationReceiveFromServer + 238 28 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902041c5 __CFMachPortPerform + 117 29 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90228888 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 3896 30 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90228c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ff528c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283 32 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ff4fde ReceiveNextEventCommon + 175 33 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ff4f19 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106 34 com.apple.AppKit 0x92232d0d _DPSNextEvent + 657 35 com.apple.AppKit 0x922325c0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128 36 com.apple.AppKit 0x9222b5fb -[NSApplication run] + 795 37 com.apple.AppKit 0x921f8834 NSApplicationMain + 574 38 org.wincent.Synergy 0x000022be start + 54 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a1846e __semwait_signal + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42dcd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73 2 libauto.dylib 0x949e7bcf auto_collection_thread(void*) + 175 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42155 _pthread_start + 321 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42012 thread_start + 34 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a11286 mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a18a7c mach_msg + 72 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9022804e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90228c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x97003530 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 320 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x96f9fe0d -[NSThread main] + 45 6 com.apple.Foundation 0x96f9f9b4 __NSThread__main__ + 308 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42155 _pthread_start + 321 8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42012 thread_start + 34 Thread 3: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a11286 mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a18a7c mach_msg + 72 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9022804e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90228c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88 4 com.apple.CFNetwork 0x9683d298 CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 388 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42155 _pthread_start + 321 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42012 thread_start + 34 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a606fa select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42155 _pthread_start + 321 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42012 thread_start + 34 Thread 5: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a1846e __semwait_signal + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42dcd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73 2 com.apple.QuartzCore 0x94576a09 fe_fragment_thread + 54 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42155 _pthread_start + 321 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94a42012 thread_start + 34 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x94afd639 ecx: 0xbfffdd6c edx: 0x94a7ee42 edi: 0x9746f6ff esi: 0xa060d5b8 ebp: 0xbfffdd88 esp: 0xbfffdd6c ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000282 eip: 0x94a7ee42 cs: 0x00000007 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0xffe2a688
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Greg Hurrell
Snow Leopard has been out for a while now and it looks like Apple finally fixed the bug in 10.6. There is little hope of them ever going back and fixing Leopard, in my opinion, so gonna mark this one as closed.
To avoid the bug, Synergy users basically have these options:
- if stuck on Leopard, use the latest release in the 3.4 series: as it doesn't use Garbage Collection, the 3.4 series is not affected by the bug
- if able to upgrade to Snow Leopard, the problem goes away, and users can run the 3.4 series, 3.5 series or 4.0/4.1/4.2 etc without seeing this bug
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Greg Hurrell
Status changed:
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- To: closed
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