Re: [PATCH 5/6] vbox: Don't leak arrays from XPCOM

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2010/12/17 Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 12/17/2010 11:56 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
>> XPCOM returns an array as a pointer to an array of pointers to the
>> actual items. When the array isn't needed anymore the items are
>> released, but the actual array containing the pointers to the items
>> was not freed and leaked.
>>
>> Free the actual array using ComUnallocMem.
>>
>> This doesn't affect MSCOM as SafeArrayDestroy releases all items
>> and frees the array.
>> ---
>> Âsrc/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c | Â Â4 ++++
>> Â1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c b/src/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c
>> index 5992350..dcaf682 100644
>> --- a/src/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c
>> +++ b/src/vbox/vbox_XPCOMCGlue.c
>> @@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ vboxArrayRelease(vboxArray *array)
>> Â Â Â Â Â}
>> Â Â Â}
>>
>> + Â ÂpVBoxFuncs_v2_2->pfnComUnallocMem(array->items);
>> +
>
> ACK. ÂWas this the leak you were telling me on IRC that exists even in
> the XPCOM example code? ÂAnd certainly easier to plug given the wrapper
> function you created in 4/6 than to plug at every call site.

Yes, that's the leak that's also in the XPCOM example code in the
VirtualBox SDK.

Thanks, pushed.

Matthias

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