[mythtv] mythfilldatabas[16844]: segfault at a0 ip 00007fbc0dd7a8e2 sp 00007fbbfd4ec090 error 4 in libmythdb-0.24.so.0.24.0[7fbc0dcce000+13d000]

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Hi,

I am trying to work out why this is happening.
The core dump gives this:
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x00007fbc0dd7a8e2 in MythCoreContext::ClearSettingsCache
(this=0xdcab60, myKey=...) at mythcorecontext.cpp:629
629         d->m_database->ClearSettingsCache(myKey);
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007fbc0dd7a8e2 in MythCoreContext::ClearSettingsCache
(this=0xdcab60, myKey=...) at mythcorecontext.cpp:629
#1  0x00007fbc0dd7cb45 in MythCoreContext::readyRead (this=0xdcab60,
sock=0xdfa140) at mythcorecontext.cpp:890
#2  0x00007fbc0dd1f80c in MythSocketThread::ReadyToBeRead
(this=0xd92720, sock=0xdfa140) at mythsocketthread.cpp:165
#3  0x00007fbc0dd2234d in MythSocketThread::run (this=0xd92720) at
mythsocketthread.cpp:352
#4  0x00007fbc07e9827e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5  0x00007fbc097f6953 in ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-current/libGL.so.1
#6  0x00007fbc09cdb971 in start_thread (arg=<value optimised out>) at
pthread_create.c:304
#7  0x00007fbc073e791d in clone () at
../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#8  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

And further analysis means that the segfault is due to d being NULL.
But d is created in the constructor.
MythCoreContext::MythCoreContext(const QString &binversion,
                                 QObject *guiContext)
    : d(NULL)
{
    d = new MythCoreContextPrivate(this, binversion, guiContext);
}

So, I conclude that this is due to out of memory.
The problem I have, is what is the correct fix.
When the new call fails, what is the correct error path?
One option is just to do this:

void MythCoreContext::ClearSettingsCache(const QString &myKey)
{
    if (d)        //  <- add this line.
       d->m_database->ClearSettingsCache(myKey);
}

Kind Regards

James