Re: mem leaks in file_selection widget for gtk 2.x

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:

> Ed Sweetman <ed sweetman wmich edu> writes:
> > It doesn't seem to be a literal leak.  But the program uses more and
> > more memory instead of freeing it like it did in gtk 1.2.  When i push
> > the leak button i have a very small amount colored red and that portion
> > hardly changes as the actual memory use increases indefinitely with gtk
> > 2.x.  I call it a leak because the effect is the same and i'm not sure
> > what besides bloat could describe the effect when compared to
> > gtk1.2.  
>
> It may have a bug where it keeps allocating more memory, but still
> retains a reference to it. Not a leak in the memprof sense but still a
> bug that results in lots of unfortunate memory use. ;-)
>
> Anyway, be sure it's in bugzilla if it appears to be a GTK
> bug. Compilable small test case always appreciated, but not required.

Well, not required, but unless you can point to exactly what is wrong
in the GTK+ code, or can demonstrate the bug with one of the GTK+
examples they are _greatly_ appreciated, and will make it much more
likely that your bug will fixed in a timely manner.

Regards,
                                        Owen