Add reset_garbage_collector to sorta fix mem leaks

I added in a variable to force clearing the garbage collector more
often, so that the memory leaks involving awful.spawn.easy_async
wouldn't cause massive performance issues over time.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/volume-widget/volume.lua b/volume-widget/volume.lua
index 4c44042..b689f6e 100644
--- a/volume-widget/volume.lua
+++ b/volume-widget/volume.lua
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ local function build_header_row(text)
 end
 
 local function rebuild_popup()
+	local reset_garbage_collector = 0
     spawn.easy_async(LIST_DEVICES_CMD, function(stdout)
+		reset_garbage_collector = reset_garbage_collector + 1
 
         local sinks, sources = utils.extract_sinks_and_sources(stdout)
 
@@ -155,6 +157,11 @@ local function rebuild_popup()
         table.insert(rows, build_rows(sources, function() rebuild_popup() end, "source"))
 
         popup:setup(rows)
+
+		if (reset_garbage_collector > 10) then
+			collectgarbage()
+			reset_garbage_collector = 0
+		end
     end)
 end