Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:34:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: dg@root.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: memory leaks in libc Message-ID: <199808061634.MAA14269@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199808061335.XAA23389@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <199808061335.XAA23389@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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<<On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:35:45 +1000, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said: >> Perhaps Bruce is suggesting that a seperate array be allocated to keep >> track of whether or not an env pointer was malloced? This would be very >> costly and, IMO, not worth it considering how rarely memory is lost by >> not freeing previously malloced strings. > Erm, this would be quite cheap, considering how rarely the environment is > updated except by programs that want to demonstrate leaks in it. So you both agree, then, that there is no point in wasting any more time on this? -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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