1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app-text/paperwork-backend/files/paperwork-backend-2.2.1-cairo_workaround.patch b/app-text/paperwork-backend/files/paperwork-backend-2.2.1-cairo_workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01eb2a6154b0
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+++ b/app-text/paperwork-backend/files/paperwork-backend-2.2.1-cairo_workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+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()
+-- 
+GitLab
+