From 310e36d1282b5f7b852dea6c93e2fc00133e76c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Hancke <fippo@andyet.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:04:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] keep a reference to the datachannel to avoid buggy garbage
 collection

---
 data_channels.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/data_channels.js b/data_channels.js
index ac6ce4dd1..9470f6153 100644
--- a/data_channels.js
+++ b/data_channels.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 /* global connection, Strophe, updateLargeVideo, focusedVideoSrc*/
+
+// cache datachannels to avoid garbage collection
+// https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=405545
+var _dataChannels = [];
+
 /**
  * Callback triggered by PeerConnection when new data channel is opened
  * on the bridge.
  * @param event the event info object.
  */
+
 function onDataChannel(event)
 {
     var dataChannel = event.channel;
@@ -82,7 +88,11 @@ function onDataChannel(event)
     dataChannel.onclose = function ()
     {
         console.info("The Data Channel closed", dataChannel);
+        var idx = _dataChannels.indexOf(dataChannel);
+        if (idx > -1) 
+            _dataChannels = _dataChannels.splice(idx, 1);
     };
+    _dataChannels.push(dataChannel);
 }
 
 /**