Re: [PATCH 1/1] mcstrans: fix memory leaks reported by clang's static analyzer

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On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 10:51 PM, William Roberts
> <bill.c.roberts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I see lots of repeating blocks, would it make more sense to goto an
>> error label and free them then return -1?
>
> Both trans_context() and untrans_context() currently define "char
> *ltrans = NULL, *utrans = NULL;" and "char *lrange = NULL, *urange =
> NULL;" in the body of a for loop. Introducing an error label at the
> end of these functions requires moving these definition outside of the
> loop (which could introduce side effects) and introducing the label at
> the end of the loop makes the code less readable, IMHO. I guess this
> could explain why the current code does not use a "goto error" or
> "goto clean" approach and leaks memory where an error occurs.
>
> Anyway, if you are fine with moving the definitions of some variables
> (ltrans and utrans for trans_context(), lrange and urange for
> untrans_context()), I can write, test and send a new patch with a
> "goto error" instead of several free().

This seems fine. I just applied and tested this (finally). Ack.

>
> Thanks for your review,
> Nicolas
>
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