chewy
chewy

Reputation: 8267

understanding a crash log - KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE

I am trying to solve a crash which happens every now and then unpredictably and at different points of time during the use of my application. I would very much appreciate any help as I am lost regarding what it can be, I did converted to ARC and used @AutoReleasePool where needed, still I am getting this from time to time...

Date/Time: 2011-11-09 11:30:40.661 +0100 OS Version: iPhone OS 5.0 (9A334) Report Version: 104

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x2fd74da8
Crashed Thread:  0

Thread 0 name:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e786 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 14
1   CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
2   CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
3   CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
4   CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
5   CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
6   CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
7   CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
8   CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
9   CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
10  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
11  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
12  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
13  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
14  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
15  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
16  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
17  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
18  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
19  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
20  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
21  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
22  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
23  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
24  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
25  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
26  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
27  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
28  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
29  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
30  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
31  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
32  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
33  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
34  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
35  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
36  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
37  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
38  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
39  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
40  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
41  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
42  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
43  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
44  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
45  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
46  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
47  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
48  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
49  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
50  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
51  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
52  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
53  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
54  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
55  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
56  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
57  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
58  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
59  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
60  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
61  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
62  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
63  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
64  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
65  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
66  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
67  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
68  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
69  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
70  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
71  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
72  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
73  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
74  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
75  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
76  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
77  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
78  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
79  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
80  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
81  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
82  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
83  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
84  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
85  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
86  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
87  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
88  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
89  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
90  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
91  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
92  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
93  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
94  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
95  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48
96  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1e876 -[NSArray isEqualToArray:] + 254
97  CoreFoundation                  0x36e271cc -[NSArray isEqual:] + 64
98  CoreFoundation                  0x36e1ef7e -[NSDictionary isEqualToDictionary:] + 310
99  CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d9c -[NSDictionary isEqual:] + 64
100 CoreFoundation                  0x36e27d40 -[__NSCFDictionary isEqual:] + 48

this thread carry on going with the same syntax around 300 lines...

Upvotes: 2

Views: 877

Answers (1)

zaph
zaph

Reputation: 112855

With no code to look at the best guess is a method is recursively calling itself, either directly or indirectly and not reaching termination. Possibly there is an entry in the NSDictionary or NSArray that references back into itself.

Try pausing the execution in Xcode if possible to get an idea where in your code this is happening.

Post some code.

Upvotes: 3

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