[PyQt] Application crash on exit under Linux

[Kovid Goyal]

del the app object explicitly before calling exit() and your program wont
crash. Simpolarly if it has a main window del that explicitly before
deleting the app object.

Kovid.

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 05:26:58PM +0800, Xinkai wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A PyQt program can sometimes crash when exit. The program can be as
> simple as this one.
> 
> ```
> #!/usr/bin/python3
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> 
> from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
> import sys
> 
> 
> class DummyApp(QApplication):
>     def __init__(self, *args):
>         super().__init__(*args)
>         self.w = QMainWindow(None)
>         self.w.show()
> 
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     app = DummyApp([])
>     sys.exit(app.exec())
> ```
> 
> dmesg shows:
> [Aug12 17:12] QXcbEventReader[12528]: segfault at 7fd2cd05eb19 ip
> 00007fd2cd05eb19 sp 00007fd2ca624ee0 error 14
> 
> gdb python core.dump shows:
> Core was generated by `/usr/bin/python3 ./issue25.py'.
> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> #0  0x00007fd2cd05eb19 in ?? ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x00007fd2cd05eb19 in ?? ()
> #1  0x00007fd2ca624f10 in ?? ()
> #2  0x00000000011a5f10 in ?? ()
> #3  0x00007fd2ca624f50 in ?? ()
> #4  0x00000000011a6270 in ?? ()
> #5  0x00007fd2ca625700 in ?? ()
> #6  0x00007fd2d61354fe in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5
> Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
> 
> The dmesg and coredump info above were made on an Arch x64, with Python
> 3.4.1 and PyQt 5.3.2-snapshot-dcc21846e00f. Similar crashes can also
> happen to Ubuntu 14.04(PyQt 5.2.x).
> 
> I don't know if these information is enough. I compiled PyQt with Arch
> Build System. I specified "options=(debug !strip)" and added "--debug"
> in the "configure.py" line. Still I am getting these not-so-intuitive
> backtrace. Maybe someone can tell me how to generate a more detailed
> backtrace?
> 
> 
> Kind wishes,
> 
> Xinkai
> 
> 
> 
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