[Bug 8748] New: Massive Memory leak with Steam and Gecko

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8748

Summary: Massive Memory leak with Steam and Gecko
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.39.
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-programs
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Every time that Steam starts and especially after Steam logs in, Steam incurs a
massive memory leak. Just from starting it Steam uses 103.1Mb. Which is obscene
for Steam, because on Windows it uses about 24Mb. I believe the reason for this
memory leak is the Gecko rendering engine that Steam has to use to function. And
the console log also suggest the same.

How to recreate:
  - What's needed: Steam installed and a valid account
1. Start Steam and login
2. After Steam is totally loaded, go to system monitor and see how much memory
is being used.

What happens:
Steam leaks memory something awful. I tested this 3 times and had the same
problem. After it's done loading it used this much memory: #1 103.1Mb, #2
107.4Mb, #3 110.8Mb.

What should have happened:
There should be "no leak", at least caused by WINE. The amount of memory used
should be somewhere between 7Mb and 24Mb.

What the problem probably is:
I believe that the problem is based in the Gecko rendering engine integrated
into the WINE version of Steam. According to the console log(which I attached)
There are a lot of "FIXME's" listed and most seem to be related to the Gecko engine.

P.S. I attached my error log to the report.

WINE 0.9.39, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty.