Re: [patch] Rework of Pango integration

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 12:48:14PM -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 12:19, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> 
> > That is not the core of the problem.  Portions of the related
> > layouts remain behind.  We're seeing things like :
> > 
> > MLK: 192 bytes leaked in 6 blocks
> >   * This memory was allocated from:
> > 	malloc         [rtlib.o pc=0x6a3c8]
> > 	g_malloc       [gmem.c:136 pc=0xf9e56888]
> > 	pango_ft2_font_render_glyph [pangoft2.c:314 pc=0xfb03afb8]
> > 	pango_ft2_render [pangoft2.c:384 pc=0xfb03b45c]
> > 	pango_ft2_render_layout_line [pangoft2.c:790 pc=0xfb03c3ac]
> > 	pango_ft2_render_layout [pangoft2.c:884 pc=0xfb03ca98]
> > 
> > Even when the layout has been unrefed.  If it was just the global
> > singleton this would be less significant.
> 
> This is just caching... it should be reachable from the fontmap,
> right?

That's our current theory.  Unfortunately it makes enough of a mess
that I'd like some way to clear it out.  Checking for real leaks get
alot more difficult if this sort of thing clouds the waters.  How
about a pango extension to clear the default fontmap  ?