[Bug 45554] New: various modules' GAsyncResults cannot safely be reffed and kept around

[bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org]

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45554

             Bug #: 45554
           Summary: various modules' GAsyncResults cannot safely be reffed
                    and kept around
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: git master
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: ASSIGNED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-glib
        AssignedTo: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org


[Proposed to be fixed for 0.16.]

When you get a GAsyncResult, it's meant to be valid to ref it and keep it
around. From the GIO reference manual:

    Applications may also take a reference to the GAsyncResult and call
    "_finish()" later; however, the "_finish()" function may be called
    at most once.

Some of our GAsyncResults had a borrowed pointer as their payload, which means
that if you did this, by the time you tried to "_finish()" them, the pointer
could have become invalid.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the QA Contact for the bug.