Bug 577608 - Eclipse exits when Switching Apps - GSlice: MemChecker: attempt to release block with invalid size
Summary: Eclipse exits when Switching Apps - GSlice: MemChecker: attempt to release bl...
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 4.21   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 major (vote)
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Assignee: platform-runtime-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2021-12-03 03:30 EST by Heiko Selber CLA
Modified: 2022-01-05 03:11 EST (History)
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Description Heiko Selber CLA 2021-12-03 03:30:33 EST 
On Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, Eclipse terminates immediately when I switch to another app using Alt-Tab.

This happens only the first time after logging into a Gnome session. When I restart Eclipse, it keeps running.

When I run Eclipse from a console it prints various errors before terminating, some involving GSlice.

When I run eclipse with

G_SLICE=debug-blocks eclipse

the last thing it prints before exiting is:

GSlice: MemChecker: attempt to release block with invalid size: 0x7f11d8ab5820 size=24 invalid-size=16

So it seems there is some memory corruption.
Comment 1 Julien HENRY CLA 2021-12-13 04:19:06 EST 
Same problem (I guess) here on Fedora 34 + plasmashell.

> plasmashell[14511]: ***MEMORY-ERROR***: Eclipse[14511]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0

Only the first time I start Eclipse after starting KDE session. Then if I restart Eclipse it works fine.

Using JVM /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.13.0.8-2.fc34.x86_64/bin/java
Comment 2 Heiko Selber CLA 2022-01-05 03:11:51 EST 
The problem persists with Eclipse 4.22.

By the way: if not run with 'G_SLICE=debug-blocks eclipse' Eclipse prints this error message on the console just before terminating:

***MEMORY-ERROR***: Eclipse[5374]: GSlice: assertion failed: sinfo->n_allocated > 0