Closed Bug 623380 Opened 13 years ago Closed 11 years ago

gtk2xtbin leaks client windows

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(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

x86_64
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

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(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla22

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(Reporter: karlt, Assigned: karlt)

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(Keywords: memory-leak)

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xt_client_create creates a window for xtclient->child_widget through XtRealizeWidget().

xt_client_unrealize changes the window on the parent widget
xtclient->top_widget to old_window which is None.

When the parent widget is destroyed, the child_widget gets destroyed, but the
child_widget's window is not a descendant of the parent widget's window and so
the child widget's window does not get destroyed when the parent widget's
window is destroyed.
When the window is destroyed during xt_client_unrealize, the acroread process started by the nppdf.so plugin spits out "unexpectedly destroyed" warnings and glib object type assertions and sometimes crashes.  Once the acroread process dies nppdf.so does not re-establish a connection, so the plugin fails to work.

These same errors already happen on shutdown while a plugin instance exists, but it would be more inconvenient to have the plugin fail while the application is still running.

XFixesChangeSaveSet can arrange for windows created by other clients to be automatically unmapped and reparented when the parent is destroyed.  This generates a BadMatch error when the child window has been created by the same client.
I still get warnings and assertions when destroying the child window, but I
haven't had an acroread crash yet with the latest version.

Other plugins such as vlc don't destroy their own windows but expect them to
be destroyed with the child window, leading to more windows leaked.

acroread is now not used by default for pdf documents (Preferences ->
Applications -> PDF needs to be changed to "Use Adobe Reader" "(in Nightly)").
Assignee: nobody → karlt
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Attachment #696657 - Flags: review?(stransky)
Comment on attachment 696657 [details] [diff] [review]
destroy XtClient child window on unrealize

Makes sense to me and I don't see any unexpected behaviour with this patch.
Attachment #696657 - Flags: review?(stransky) → review+
Flags: in-testsuite-
I've just retested this patch (see Bug 814200 comment 26) and it causes a regression. nppdf.so crashes when more documents are open sequentially.
I managed to reproduce with the build from Bug 814200 comment 26 by loading the same page again and again, but it took about a dozen attempts.  I ended up with a SIGSEGV in the acroread process at
XCreatePixmap (dpy=0x0, d=0, width=1, height=1, depth=195033592) at CrPixmap.c:50

acroread 8.5.1; gtk+ 2.20.1; libX11 1.4.0

That's a shame.  I guess I should back this out until bug 748923 is fixed.
Depends on: 748923
backed out:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/04578917e3d5
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Whiteboard: [leave open]
Firefox 19 uses pdf.js, so we don't need to support the acroread plugin now and I relanded.
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/dd103ec4c44b
Whiteboard: [leave open]
Sorry, I backed out this fix and several others on inbound because it looks like one of them broke B2G tests:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/e8c8d9373eba
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/caf862ef5cf2
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla22
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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