CrashReporter should not run on UI thread on Win/Linux

src/crash-reporter-start.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module.exports = (extra) ->
+  # Breakpad on Mac OS X must be running on UI and non-UI processes
+  # Crashpad on Windows and Linux should only be running on non-UI process
+  return if process.type is 'renderer' and process.platform isnt 'darwin'
+
+  {crashReporter} = require 'electron'
+
+  crashReporter.start({
+    productName: 'Atom',
+    companyName: 'GitHub',
+    submitURL: 'http://54.249.141.255:1127/post'
+    extra: extra
+  })

src/initialize-test-window.coffee

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ cloneObject = (object) ->
   clone
 
 module.exports = ({blobStore}) ->
-  {crashReporter, remote} = require 'electron'
-  # Start the crash reporter before anything else.
-  crashReporter.start(productName: 'Atom', companyName: 'GitHub', submitURL: 'http://54.249.141.255:1127/post')
+  startCrashReporter = require('./crash-reporter-start')
+  {remote} = require 'electron'
+
+  startCrashReporter() # Before anything else
 
   exitWithStatusCode = (status) ->
     remote.app.emit('will-quit')

src/main-process/main.coffee

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ process.on 'uncaughtException', (error={}) ->
   console.log(error.message) if error.message?
   console.log(error.stack) if error.stack?
 
-{crashReporter, app} = require 'electron'
+{app} = require 'electron'
 fs = require 'fs-plus'
 path = require 'path'
 temp = require 'temp'
 yargs = require 'yargs'
 previousConsoleLog = console.log
+startCrashReporter = require('../crash-reporter-start')
 console.log = require 'nslog'
 
 start = ->
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ start = ->
 
   app.on 'open-file', addPathToOpen
   app.on 'open-url', addUrlToOpen
-  app.on 'will-finish-launching', setupCrashReporter
+  app.on 'will-finish-launching', startCrashReporter
 
   if args.userDataDir?
     app.setPath('userData', args.userDataDir)
@@ -66,9 +67,6 @@ handleStartupEventWithSquirrel = ->
   squirrelCommand = process.argv[1]
   SquirrelUpdate.handleStartupEvent(app, squirrelCommand)
 
-setupCrashReporter = ->
-  crashReporter.start(productName: 'Atom', companyName: 'GitHub', submitURL: 'http://54.249.141.255:1127/post')
-
 setupAtomHome = ({setPortable}) ->
   return if process.env.ATOM_HOME
 

static/index.js

@@ -70,15 +70,10 @@
     ModuleCache.register(loadSettings)
     ModuleCache.add(loadSettings.resourcePath)
 
-    // Start the crash reporter before anything else.
-    require('electron').crashReporter.start({
-      productName: 'Atom',
-      companyName: 'GitHub',
-      submitURL: 'http://54.249.141.255:1127/post',
-      // By explicitly passing the app version here, we could save the call
-      // of "require('remote').require('app').getVersion()".
-      extra: {_version: loadSettings.appVersion}
-    })
+    // By explicitly passing the app version here, we could save the call
+    // of "require('remote').require('app').getVersion()".
+    var startCrashReporter = require('../src/crash-reporter-start')
+    startCrashReporter({_version: loadSettings.appVersion})
 
     setupVmCompatibility()
     setupCsonCache(CompileCache.getCacheDirectory())