Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:15:11 -0800 From: <Vijay.Singh@nokia.com> To: <marcolz@stack.nl>, <molter@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: memory leak in inflate.c Message-ID: <E40595640FD457418D8F9005C2BEC84901BE6F67@mvebe001.americas.nokia.com>
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Thanks. Could someone generate the patch as I dont have the latest
FreeBSD source checked out.
br
vijay
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From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of ext Marc Olzheim
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:31 AM
To: Marco Molteni
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: memory leak in inflate.c
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:43:52PM +0100, Marco Molteni wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 <Vijay.Singh@nokia.com> wrote:
> > Hi, I am trying to debug a memory leak in executing gzipped binaries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > when the parameter list is too long. The function in question is
> > inflate_dynamic().=20
>
> _If_ I remember correctly, if inflate_dynamic() returns a non-zero
> code it means that the decompression failed and the program itself
> quits right away, no memory leak. Or am I missing something?
Your missing something: /usr/src/sys/kern/inflate.c ;-)
Looks like a good patch to me.
Marc
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