The WorkspacesView may be scheduled to be destroyed during
relayout, and despite that go through the allocate() vfunc.
When that happens, the ::destroy handler is called early,
so the WorkspacesView clears this._workspaces in result.
When vfunc_allocate() is called, various paths rely on the
workspaces array being still populated, which is not the
case.
The existing check at vfunc_allocate() for the WorkspacesView
having no children is insufficient, since children are destroyed
as a result, not beforehand.
This results in the following warnings when going out of
overview:
JS ERROR: TypeError: workspace is undefined
_getSpacing@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspacesView.js:218:13
vfunc_allocate@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspacesView.js:344:18
vfunc_allocate@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/overviewControls.js:223:33
removeWindow@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:856:29
addWindow/<.destroyId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspace.js:808:22
_updateWorkspacesViews@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspacesView.js:1023:38
prepareToEnterOverview@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/workspacesView.js:990:14
prepareToEnterOverview@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/overviewControls.js:740:33
gestureBegin@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/overviewControls.js:802:14
_gestureBegin@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/overview.js:409:33
_beginGesture@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/swipeTracker.js:601:14
_handleEvent@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/swipeTracker.js:173:26
@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:21:20
This always happens through the _updateWorkspacesViews() paths, so there
is a new WorkspacesView taking over and the one being destroyed should
silently go away.
Related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/6935
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2918>
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