ID 234914 - Katana maintains open file handles on a large number of font files

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Problem summary:

Katana maintains open file handles on a large number of font files. This is a regression in 2.0v2.

Steps to reproduce:

These reproduction steps apply only to Linux.

  1. Open Katana
  2. From a bash shell, run: lsof -p `pidof katanaBin` | grep '.ttf' | wc -l

Expected behaviour:

`lsof` reports only a small number (<10) of open font files

Actual behaviour:

`lsof` reports hundreds of open font files

Workaround:

No known workaround.

Reproduced versions/platforms:

  • 2.0v2/Linux
  • 2.5v3/Linux

Customer version/platform:

All Katana 2.x versions

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