Hi Sebastien, Could you have a look at this patch (if you can find some time)? We really want to have this patch land in Debian and Ubuntu because there are several new apps need this fix to avoid it eating up user's memory...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pygtk in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981376 Title: [Patch] memory leak in _wrap_pango_cairo_create_layout Status in PyGTK: GTK+ for Python: New Status in “pygtk” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “pygtk” package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: if didn't unref after pygobject_new. while(1): a=pango_cairo.create_layout() may cause, memory run out: python doesn't GC this memory. The patch is: Index: pygtk-2.24.0/pangocairo.override =================================================================== --- pygtk-2.24.0.orig/pangocairo.override 2012-04-14 01:40:59.568703232 +0800 +++ pygtk-2.24.0/pangocairo.override 2012-04-14 01:41:05.792703324 +0800 @@ -119,10 +119,15 @@ _wrap_pango_cairo_create_layout(PyGObject *self) { PangoLayout *ret; + PyObject *py_ret; ret = pango_cairo_create_layout(PycairoContext_GET(self)); /* pygobject_new handles NULL checking */ - return pygobject_new((GObject *)ret); + py_ret = pygobject_new((GObject *) ret); + if (ret) { + g_object_unref(ret); + } + return py_ret; } static PyObject * To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pygtk/+bug/981376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
