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From c9430b844fbcedc9119e3d464f5f0c85feb7b197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jerome Flesch <jflesch@openpaper.work>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 20:33:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Backend/docexport PDF: Workaround Cairo bug that causes
occasional crashes when exporting to generated PDF.
Closes #942
---
.../src/paperwork_backend/docexport/pdf.py | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/paperwork-backend/src/paperwork_backend/docexport/pdf.py b/paperwork-backend/src/paperwork_backend/docexport/pdf.py
index 160e60710..befded73c 100644
--- a/paperwork-backend/src/paperwork_backend/docexport/pdf.py
+++ b/paperwork-backend/src/paperwork_backend/docexport/pdf.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class PdfCreator(object):
)
self.pdf_context = cairo.Context(self.pdf_surface)
+ self.gc_protection = [] # WORKAROUND(Jflesch): Cairo crash
+
def set_page_size(self, img_size):
# portrait or landscape
if (img_size[0] < img_size[1]):
@@ -187,6 +189,16 @@ class PdfCreator(object):
"pillow_to_surface", img,
intermediate="jpeg", quality=int(self.quality * 100)
)
+ # WORKAROUND(Jflesch):
+ # If Cairo supports JPEG embedding, we use
+ # cairo.ImageSurface.set_mime_data() instead of the usual Cairo
+ # surface functions to draw the image. It seems this function does
+ # not increment the ref counter of the surface object
+ # --> the Python GC tends to collect it while Cairo is still going
+ # to use it to generate the PDF.
+ # --> we have to keep a reference on it ourselves, until the page has
+ # been generated.
+ self.gc_protection.append(img_surface)
self.pdf_context.save()
try:
@@ -199,6 +211,7 @@ class PdfCreator(object):
def next_page(self):
self.pdf_context.show_page()
+ self.gc_protection = [] # WORKAROUND(Jflesch): Cairo crash
def finish(self):
self.pdf_surface.flush()
--
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