Re: Request for gnome-session freeze break

["Murray Cumming" <murrayc murrayc com>]

So, assuming that it's actually a crash that's being fixed here, and that
you've tested this for a couple of days, here's 1 of 2 approvals.

> Just to make sure no fun is missed, I'd like to request permission to
> commit an obvious fix to gnome-session.  Please see this bug:
>
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151664
>
> The patch attached to it should make the bug really obvious.  Whenever
> gnome-session adds a client, it installs a timeout handler to purge the
> client if it doesn't register itself before the timeout expires.
> However, this timeout handler is never removed.  Thus, if the client
> gets reincarnated while the timer is running, the old client structure
> will be free()d and the timeout handler will access freed memory.
>
>   Federico
>
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