[Pidgin] #11603: deadlocked UI

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#11603: deadlocked UI
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 Reporter:  brian_j_murrell  |        Owner:              
     Type:  defect           |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:                   |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.6.6            |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:                   |  
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Changes (by brian_j_murrell):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 darkrain42]:
 > A single stack trace isn't likely to be helpful since Pidgin is spinning
 (consuming CPU), not deadlocked.

 Yes, indeed, that is what it's doing.

 >  A profiler run on Pidgin might be helpful,

 The problem is that this only happens occasionally and running a profiler
 for days and days waiting for this to happen is likely to be painful and
 probably not fruitful.

 > as might the output of `pidgin -d` (the same information as posted in
 the Help->Debug Window)

 With the UI unresponsive Help->Debug Window is not an option.  Running it
 with "-d" for days or weeks is also problematic.

 My hope was that in the stacktrace, you would be able to identify the
 thread that is spinning starving the UI.

 Since this is happening again, right now, I will attach another stacktrace
 in hopes that it intersects with the previous one to pointpoint a culprit.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11603#comment:3>
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