Bug#291130: libgtk2.0-0: libgtk2 doesn't free memory from destroyed widgets

[DaVinci]

Package: libgtk2.0-0
Version: 2.4.14-2
Severity: important

 Hi.

 Look at this code:
 
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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

int main(int argc, char** argv){
	GtkWidget* window;
	gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

	while(TRUE){
		window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
		gtk_widget_show_all(window);
		gtk_object_destroy(GTK_OBJECT(window));
	}
	gtk_main();
	return 0;
}
-------

 Why libgtk2 doesn't free memory from destroyed window in each loop
 iteration? I think this problem is an important bug, so I label it. I
 have an application that creates and destroys windows constantly, and
 with this bug, it eats all memory and swap, slowing system until
 freeze.

 Greets.

 							David

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8@euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libgtk2.0-0 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfontconfig1           2.2.3-4         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.1.7-2.3       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.1-2         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtk2.0-bin            2.4.14-2        The programs for the GTK+ graphica
ii  libgtk2.0-common         2.4.14-2        Common files for the GTK+ graphica
ii  libjpeg62                6b-9            The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0               1.2.8rel-1      PNG library - runtime
ii  libtiff4                 3.7.1-1         Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1              1.1.3-1         X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                  2.1.2-6         FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxrandr2               4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1              0.8.3-7         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4       compression library - runtime

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