1024032 - repeated thread creation and destruction (observer on /tmp leaked?)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Stefan]

User Agent: 

Steps to reproduce:

1. start firefox under gdb
2. open testcase.html, click on browse-button, switch to /tmp, cancel dialog
3. start file generation and deletion in /tmp (using test.sh)


Actual results:

gdb reports thread creation/destruction messages as long as files are generated in /tmp 
[New Thread 0x... (LWP ..)]
...
[Thread 0x... (LWP ...) exited]


Expected results:

Do not create/destruct threads when nothing observes the directory.

Comment 1

[Stefan]

Attachment: testcase.html

Comment 2

[Stefan]

Attachment: test.sh (helper script for generation/deletion of files kk$i in /tmp)

Comment 3

[Stefan]

$ strace -fFeinotify_add_watch,inotify_init,inotify_rm_watch firefox

inotify-items are never removed.

Comment 4

[Stefan]

It's a gtk issue.