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Bug 399128 - Devastating memory with the Tools->Scale Image function
Devastating memory with the Tools->Scale Image function
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 349576
Product: gthumb
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.7.x
Other All
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
Paolo Bacchilega
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-01-21 20:09 UTC by Ryan Helinski
Modified: 2007-01-21 20:43 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Ryan Helinski 2007-01-21 20:09:50 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:
1. Get 50 or more 3008x2000 px JPEG files
2. Select them 50 of them or so and choose Tools->Scale Image
3. Pick 800 pixels for both width and height
4. Keep aspect ratio
5. Choose destination different from source folder


Stack trace:
Doesn't always cause a crash. 

Other information:
The program used all 4 gigabytes of my virtual memory space and obviously crashed. Curiously, converting only a few pictures at a time yields the same result. The memory used in the conversion (hundreds and hundreds of megabytes) doesn't seem to be freed by gThumb (according to the Gnome System Monitor) until it exits. Also, if the program cannot write the output image (due to denial of permission by OS), memory is still used and not freed when conversion is complete.
Comment 1 Michael Chudobiak 2007-01-21 20:33:18 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

This is fixed in 2.8.x and 2.9.x, available at
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gthumb/2.8/ and
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gthumb/2.9/.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 349576 ***
Comment 2 Ryan Helinski 2007-01-21 20:43:50 UTC 
Thanks for such a succinct response. I'll look into upgrading.