For the last few PulseAudio versions, including 9.0, it's been segfaulting every time I disconnect my Bluetooth headphones with no usable backtrace. It turns out that module-bluez5-device.so is unloading itself when the device disconnects, which means that when pa_module_unload returns the code in module-bluez5-device.so that's doing this is no longer loaded and PulseAudio crashes. Backtrace of the place where it unloads itself is as follows: #0 0x00007ffff6bc3120 in dlclose () from /lib64/libdl.so.2 #1 0x0000555555561473 in bind_now_close (d=<optimized out>, m=<optimized out>) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/daemon/ltdl-bind-now.c:87 #2 0x00007ffff7444106 in lt_dlclose (handle=0x555555a71010) at /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/libltdl-2.4.6/work/libtool-2.4.6/libltdl/ltdl.c:1989 #3 0x00007ffff7b5c89e in pa_module_free (m=0x555555bee380) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulsecore/module.c:249 #4 0x00007ffff7b5d50d in pa_module_unload (m=<optimized out>, force=force@entry=true) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulsecore/module.c:271 #5 0x00007fffe5db146e in device_connection_changed_cb (y=<optimized out>, d=<optimized out>, u=0x555555bef0d0) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c:2038 #6 0x00007ffff7b5aa2d in pa_hook_fire (hook=0x555555ab0780, data=0x555555a0bd60) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulsecore/hook-list.c:104 #7 0x00007fffe75f6676 in pa_bluetooth_transport_unlink (t=0x555555bb0150) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.c:199 #8 0x00007fffe75f6742 in pa_bluetooth_transport_free (t=0x555555bb0150) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.c:209 #9 0x00007fffe75f9500 in endpoint_clear_configuration (conn=<optimized out>, userdata=0x555555ab0760, m=0x555555770740) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.c:1473 #10 endpoint_handler (c=<optimized out>, m=0x555555770740, userdata=0x555555ab0760) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.c:1521 #11 0x00007ffff72122f7 in _dbus_object_tree_dispatch_and_unlock () from /usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3 #12 0x00007ffff72026b2 in dbus_connection_dispatch () from /usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3 #13 0x00007ffff76b0137 in dispatch_cb (ea=0x55555576d898, ev=0x555555b7efb0, userdata=<optimized out>) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulsecore/dbus-util.c:53 #14 0x00007ffff790009a in dispatch_defer (m=0x55555576d840) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulse/mainloop.c:680 #15 pa_mainloop_dispatch (m=m@entry=0x55555576d840) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulse/mainloop.c:889 #16 0x00007ffff7900307 in pa_mainloop_iterate (m=0x55555576d840, block=<optimized out>, retval=0x7fffffffd138) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulse/mainloop.c:929 #17 0x00007ffff7900410 in pa_mainloop_run (m=0x55555576d840, retval=0x7fffffffd138) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/pulse/mainloop.c:944 #18 0x000055555555b622 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/pulseaudio-9.0/work/pulseaudio-9.0/src/daemon/main.c:1141 Note that this is the last point at which I can get a full backtrace - after dlclose returns, module-bluez5-device.so is no longer loaded and the information required to create one is no longer available. The actual crash happens once we try and return into device_connection_changed_cb in module-bluez5-device.c which has been unmapped from memory. Final log messages are as follows: D: [pulseaudio] device-port.c: Setting port headset-output to status unknown D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. D: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: dbus: path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource, interface=org.bluez.MediaEndpoint1, member=ClearConfiguration D: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: Clearing transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_20_15_00_00_07_FD/fd7 profile a2dp_sink D: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: Transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_20_15_00_00_07_FD/fd7 state changed from idle to disconnected D: [pulseaudio] module-rescue-streams.c: No sink inputs to move away. D: [pulseaudio] module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away. D: [bluetooth] module-bluez5-device.c: IO thread shutdown requested, stopping cleanly D: [bluetooth] module-bluez5-device.c: IO thread shutting down [Thread 0x7fffe5b99700 (LWP 10177) exited] I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: Freeing sink 1 "bluez_sink.20_15_00_00_07_FD" I: [pulseaudio] source.c: Freeing source 3 "bluez_sink.20_15_00_00_07_FD.monitor" I: [pulseaudio] card.c: Changed profile of card 4 "bluez_card.20_15_00_00_07_FD" to off D: [pulseaudio] card.c: Setting card bluez_card.20_15_00_00_07_FD profile a2dp_sink to availability status no D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. D: [pulseaudio] device-port.c: Setting port headset-output to status no D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. D: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-discover.c: Unregistering module for /org/bluez/hci0/dev_20_15_00_00_07_FD D: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Unloading module for device /org/bluez/hci0/dev_20_15_00_00_07_FD I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloading "module-bluez5-device" (index: #24). I: [pulseaudio] card.c: Freed 4 "bluez_card.20_15_00_00_07_FD" D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to remove event. I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloaded "module-bluez5-device" (index: #24). Thread 1 "pulseaudio" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007fffe5db146e in ?? () This is on Gentoo x86-64. Note that this doesn't affect all systems and I haven't been able to figure out why, so you may have difficulty reproducing this. On another Gentoo system the offending call to dlclose doesn't actually unload the library for a reason I have not been able to determine and it seems to remain loaded indefinitely with no crash.
Crasher, marking as a release blocker. The fix might be quite simple: just add a defer event for calling lt_dlclose() a bit later.
Fix submitted: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/111580/ I'm not able to reproduce the bug even without the patch, so testing would be welcome.
Tested on affected system and that seems to fix the bug - without it I get a crash pretty reliably on disconnecting my Bluetooth headphones, with it disconnecting and reconnecting them works normally and unloads/reloads module-bluez5-device.so without crashing. Thank you! I'm still not quite sure why not all systems are affected but perhaps some mysteries are best left unanswered.
The fix is now committed.
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