Re: [PATCH] Fix memory leak in transport-helper

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Hi,

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> > 
> > > diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
> > > index f57e84c..479539d 100644
> > > --- a/transport-helper.c
> > > +++ b/transport-helper.c
> > > @@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ static int disconnect_helper(struct transport *transport)
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +static int close_helper(struct transport *transport)
> > > +{
> > > +	disconnect_helper(transport);
> > > +	free(transport->data);
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > Why did you not leech the transport->data = NULL; part from Peff/Sverre's 
> > patch?
> 
> Because this code is only called just before transport itself is freed by 
> the caller, and, in general, a transport with these methods is invalid 
> without a valid transport->data. I expect that's also why Peff called it a 
> hack not appropriate for actual application.

So you mean to imply that this method is not about closing, but about 
releasing the structure.  Right?

Ciao,
Dscho

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