[webkit-dev] is WebKit leaking or caching memory?

Luka Napotnik luka.napotnik at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 08:26:26 PST 2008


Hello.

I've fixed the pango leak but the program still gradually leaks memory.
Are there any other known leaks?

Greets,
Luka

Dne 01.12.2008 (pon) ob 14:04 +0100 je Holger Freyther zapisal(a):
> On Monday 01 December 2008 13:22:08 Luka Napotnik wrote:
> 
> 
> > Now I'm asking if the memory increment is a result of WebKit caching
> > subsystem or could that be a leak? Keep in mind that I click/refresh the
> > same page over and over again.
> 
> Leak, Cache, Memory fragmentation are all possible. I think by default we do 
> not cache.... so leaking and fragmentation are more likely. Someone found a 
> leak in the Font handling of Gtk+ [1] (first bit) which might apply to the 
> stock Gtk+ as well.
> 
> z.
> 
> [1] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15914#c45
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