linux-kernel - Re: BUG reproduced: 6.0.0-RC kernels trigger Firefox snap bug with 6.0.0-rc3 through 6.0.0-rc7

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Message-ID: <b5deaa2e-8867-1e0e-6090-422248310dc1@sladewatkins.net>
Date:   Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:45:28 -0400
From:   Slade Watkins <srw@...dewatkins.net>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>,
        Marc Miltenberger <marcmiltenberger@...il.com>,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: BUG reproduced: 6.0.0-RC kernels trigger Firefox snap bug with
 6.0.0-rc3 through 6.0.0-rc7

Hi all,

On 10/9/22 at 2:45 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Yeah, then it's pretty certain that his is a regression. But it could be
> caused by all sorts of things and I have no idea where to start. We thus
> really could need a bisection to find the root of the problem. This will
> be hard, as this crash only happens infrequently. Thing is: the Ubuntu
> developers likely have a strong interest in this particular issue and
> due to their knowledge of snap have way better chances to pin-point the
> root case quickly. So submitting a bug report to them might be the best
> way forward in this situation, even if the kernel is likely at fault here.

Thorsten,
Yeah, agreed. I haven't had time to bisect -- though it's on my list of
things to do: I'm going to try and make time tomorrow. Wish we had more
of an idea of what exactly was happening here.

Mirsad,
I'd be happy to help with a report to the Ubuntu folks. :-)

Best,
-srw