Xposed Sony latest firmware bootloop

I just upgraded my Xperia X Compact (Oreo) from previous version (34.4.A.2.19, Feb patch) to (34.4.A.2.32, March patch). But once I enable Xposed my phone is unable to finish a reboot. Other Xperia users (X Compact and X with March firmware) are having similar problem so it seems to be an compatibility issue between Xposed and our latest ROM. Previous firmware (34.4.A.2.19) works completely fine. Just this minor upgrade caused the problem.

Logcat https://pastebin.com/0qb5mjfg

Mar 18 '18 13:03 itandy

03-18 18:47:14.976 W/zygote64( 4440): Got request to deoptimize un-deoptimizable method void com.android.server.SystemServer.run() 03-18 18:47:14.977 F/zygote64( 4440): quick_exception_handler.cc:326] Check failed: callee_method_ != nullptr

Same as this issue.

Mar 18 '18 13:03 wanam

I thought #325 is caused by another package so is a different issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Mar 18 '18 13:03 itandy

The module is just a trigger, you may still get this issue with/out modules enabled.

Mar 18 '18 13:03 wanam

Yes, I got this issue with no modules at all. Since #325 is a Oreo 8.1 issue, does that mean our latest Sony firmware (still 8.0) brings something from 8.1 which causes the same issue with Xposed?

Mar 18 '18 14:03 itandy

Thanks @wanam for jumping in here. Yes, this sounds a lot like the general issue with the new approach which I'm already aware of. This affects Oreo in general, and would even affect Nougat.

Mar 19 '18 07:03 rovo89

Thanks @rovo89! Just curious, why would only this new Sony firmware be affected by this issue and not the previous one? This is the third firmware for Oreo for my device. I thought this minor upgrade is only a security patch together with some minor bug fixes.

Mar 19 '18 07:03 itandy

This doesn't even need to be a code change. It depends on what machine code exactly is generated from it. Under certain circumstances, it doesn't work well with Xposed's way of invalidating callers of hooked methods. See https://github.com/rovo89/Xposed/issues/325#issuecomment-367012394 for an attempt to explain this complex situation in few words.

Mar 19 '18 07:03 rovo89

Thanks again! Seems like we're just in bad luck this time. Anyway, we'll wait for your solution.

Mar 19 '18 08:03 itandy

all so Sony xzp by March patch