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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11702] Start, wait and crash

Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:43:30 +0000

Comment # 5 on bug 11702 from
Based on the information provided by SysInternals / Handle.exe you have a leak
in Wireshark:

at startup
==========
# date; ./handle64.exe -p wireshark -s
Fri Nov 13 12:56:55     2015

Handle v4.0
Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Handle type summary:
  <Unknown type>  : 36
  ALPC Port       : 8
  Desktop         : 1
  Directory       : 2
  Event           : 34
  File            : 17
  IoCompletion    : 1
  Key             : 14
  KeyedEvent      : 1
  Mutant          : 22
  Process         : 2
  Section         : 4
  Thread          : 12
  Timer           : 4
  TpWorkerFactory : 2
  WindowStation   : 2
Total handles: 162

The number of handles doesn't change after a trace file is opened
=================================================================
# date; ./handle64.exe -p wireshark -s
Fri Nov 13 12:58:14     2015

Handle v4.0
Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Handle type summary:
  <Unknown type>  : 62
  ALPC Port       : 10
  Desktop         : 1
  Directory       : 2
  Event           : 42
  File            : 72
  IoCompletion    : 1
  Key             : 15
  KeyedEvent      : 1
  Mutant          : 22
  Process         : 2
  Section         : 7
  Thread          : 39
  Timer           : 7
  TpWorkerFactory : 2
  WindowStation   : 2
Total handles: 287


and it starts growing after the files has been closed
it grows till Wireshark crashed
================================
Handle v4.0
Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Handle type summary:
  <Unknown type>  : 62
  ALPC Port       : 7
  Desktop         : 1
  Directory       : 2
  Event           : 57
  File            : 2059
  IoCompletion    : 1
  Key             : 15
  KeyedEvent      : 1
  Mutant          : 22
  Process         : 2
  Section         : 7
  Thread          : 1032
  Timer           : 7
  TpWorkerFactory : 2
  WindowStation   : 2
Total handles: 3279


Fri Nov 13 13:39:08     2015

Handle v4.0
Copyright (C) 1997-2014 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Handle type summary:
Total handles: 0


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