Beware of memory leaks in ModemManager + glib2 2.73.1

Aleksander Morgado aleksandermj at chromium.org
Thu Oct 20 09:08:31 UTC 2022


Hey hey,

>
> A recent change
> (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/95caffcd260457c488136cd4a922adead4df6cfe)
> in glib2 has introduced an enormous amount of memory leaks in
> ModemManager:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/issues/624
>
> If you're interested in knowing more or helping out with a solution,
> please check https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2774
>
> I don't know yet whether it's better to wait until there is a fix in
> glib2 or to provide a workaround in MM itself.
>

A fix in glib2 is ongoing here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2934 it should be
included in the next 2.74.x stable update hopefully.

-- 
Aleksander


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