Bug 1281459

Description of problem:

upowerd sometimes crashes and restarts in an infinite cycle:

dmesg output:

[1038406.159624] traps: upowerd[23985] general protection ip:7fcb326dc4eb sp:7ffe928397e0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7fcb3265e000+1b7000]
[1038411.160898] traps: upowerd[24068] general protection ip:7f2163e824eb sp:7ffc54f41ab0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f2163e04000+1b7000]
[1038417.161547] traps: upowerd[24206] general protection ip:7f0d0bc544eb sp:7fffdb1e50b0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f0d0bbd6000+1b7000]
[1038420.161896] traps: upowerd[24247] general protection ip:7f4d5e3a44eb sp:7fffe99b2f50 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f4d5e326000+1b7000]
[1038426.163148] upowerd[24331]: segfault at 560e00000009 ip 00007f1e9f2dd4d8 sp 00007ffccb937820 error 4 in libc-2.21.so[7f1e9f25f000+1b7000]
[1038434.489350] traps: upowerd[24373] general protection ip:7f9a5b8ab4eb sp:7fff88742f80 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f9a5b82d000+1b7000]
[1038437.165097] traps: upowerd[24465] general protection ip:7ff9dbaa18b3 sp:7ffc890ff280 error:0 in libplist.so.3.0.0[7ff9dba9b000+a000]
[1038440.165106] traps: upowerd[24530] general protection ip:7f9ef7bfd4eb sp:7fff58fda8e0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f9ef7b7f000+1b7000]
[1038443.165939] traps: upowerd[24576] general protection ip:7f08bde4f4eb sp:7fffea42a960 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f08bddd1000+1b7000]
[1038463.168921] traps: upowerd[24953] general protection ip:7f8bd494d4eb sp:7ffd68995da0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f8bd48cf000+1b7000]
[1038466.169060] traps: upowerd[24992] general protection ip:7f40846594eb sp:7ffea4c36ab0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f40845db000+1b7000]
[1038469.169602] traps: upowerd[25032] general protection ip:7fbf7fe148b3 sp:7ffccc3979e0 error:0 in libplist.so.3.0.0[7fbf7fe0e000+a000]
[1038477.170837] traps: upowerd[25161] general protection ip:7f63737af4eb sp:7ffd80d10450 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f6373731000+1b7000]
[1038484.172730] traps: upowerd[25320] general protection ip:7f70df97c4eb sp:7ffcff971730 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f70df8fe000+1b7000]
[1038491.173159] traps: upowerd[25439] general protection ip:7f45492584eb sp:7fff07689ce0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f45491da000+1b7000]
[1038494.192936] traps: upowerd[25479] general protection ip:7f68b205c4eb sp:7ffdfc6607c0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f68b1fde000+1b7000]
[1038497.174007] traps: upowerd[25520] general protection ip:7f57f55854eb sp:7ffcc8b39600 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f57f5507000+1b7000]
[1038514.178662] upowerd[25823]: segfault at 50 ip 00007fd72d689ae5 sp 00007ffcabeede48 error 4 in libplist.so.3.0.0[7fd72d682000+a000]
[1038526.178201] traps: upowerd[26108] general protection ip:7f9c47cf74eb sp:7ffc9ee2cbb0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f9c47c79000+1b7000]
[1038529.179089] traps: upowerd[26150] general protection ip:7fa584dff4eb sp:7ffd61a4fac0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7fa584d81000+1b7000]
[1038545.647668] traps: upowerd[26344] general protection ip:7f17da0614eb sp:7ffe3dc20cf0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f17d9fe3000+1b7000]
[1038556.183497] traps: upowerd[26556] general protection ip:7fef047d44eb sp:7ffff6e78980 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7fef04756000+1b7000]
[1038562.183959] traps: upowerd[26646] general protection ip:7f8d6c82d4eb sp:7ffed4bebb20 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f8d6c7af000+1b7000]
[1038568.185136] traps: upowerd[26776] general protection ip:7f8137ee44eb sp:7ffe18d26ec0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f8137e66000+1b7000]
[1038576.187012] traps: upowerd[26905] general protection ip:7f780c3f74eb sp:7ffcc528b930 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f780c379000+1b7000]
[1038586.187941] traps: upowerd[27116] general protection ip:7f1a0c8874eb sp:7ffebd2f2140 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f1a0c809000+1b7000]
[1038596.189560] traps: upowerd[27278] general protection ip:7f79202b74eb sp:7fff2b080f30 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f7920239000+1b7000]
[1038598.869006] traps: upowerd[27319] general protection ip:7f6c7b8104eb sp:7ffdf7115a00 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f6c7b792000+1b7000]
[1038598.962947] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed
[1038604.190720] traps: upowerd[27455] general protection ip:7f4226d864eb sp:7ffe58f1ae00 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f4226d08000+1b7000]
[1038611.192132] traps: upowerd[27542] general protection ip:7f9a496114eb sp:7ffc136dda30 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f9a49593000+1b7000]
[1038617.192845] traps: upowerd[27730] general protection ip:7f1c911d54eb sp:7ffe0c9b00d0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f1c91157000+1b7000]
[1038635.196314] traps: upowerd[28185] general protection ip:7f05ed81d4eb sp:7ffd87d24860 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f05ed79f000+1b7000]
[1038638.196163] traps: upowerd[28226] general protection ip:7f19917b24eb sp:7ffe59d6fc20 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f1991734000+1b7000]
[1038643.197359] traps: upowerd[28327] general protection ip:7fb2e6fec4eb sp:7ffe0e52a5f0 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7fb2e6f6e000+1b7000]
[1038649.914699] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed
[1038651.198209] traps: upowerd[28505] general protection ip:7f101cf054eb sp:7ffc10aa2550 error:0 in libc-2.21.so[7f101ce87000+1b7000

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Only happened to me today with the problem still ongoing. I stopped the service for now and as a result I have no battery info... but at least the constant crash & restart stopped.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. unknown

Actual results:
upowerd crashes and restarts constantly

Expected results:
upowerd works

Additional info:
[root@cyberman jonas]# upower --version
UPower client version 0.99.3
UPower daemon version 0.99.3
[root@cyberman jonas]#