[TIMOB-16385] Android: libtiverify.so has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	High
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2015-02-03T00:44:55.000+0000
Affected Version/s	Release 3.2.0
Fix Version/s	Release 4.0.0
Components	Android
Labels	SupportTeam
Reporter	Mauro Parra-Miranda
Assignee	Ping Wang
Created	2014-02-05T23:44:12.000+0000
Updated	2015-02-12T19:52:09.000+0000

Description

Problem Description

Currently, when the users set the DEBUG option, they will see this in the adb log:

[WARN] : linker: libtiverify.so has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk. Please fix. 
[WARN] : V8Object: Runtime disposed, cannot set property 'userAgent'

even if those messages are not affecting the apps (and they are happening in a lot of places), some users get stressed about them. Can we just eliminate that output?

Comments

Ingo Muschenetz 2014-02-06

Appears that building with a later NDK may address the issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20141538/mylib-so-has-text-relocations-this-is-wasting-memory-and-is-a-security-risk-pl
Ingo Muschenetz 2014-05-05

The debug option is disabled in release mode, so we consider this lower-priority.
Ingo Muschenetz 2014-08-14

3.4.0 is moved forward, and 3.5.0 is taking its place in the calendar.
Ingo Muschenetz 2015-01-26

Can we fix this sooner over later?
Ping Wang 2015-01-29

PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_verify/pull/15 https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/6611
Ewan Harris 2015-02-12

Verified fix on: Mac OSX 10.10.2 Appcelerator Studio, build: 4.0.0.201502051633 Titanium SDK build: 4.0.0.v20150212104820 Titanium CLI, build: 3.6.0-dev Alloy: 1.5.1 Android Build tools 21.1.1 Nexus 6 (5.0.1) Built to device, the log message no longer appears in the console. Closing ticket.

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