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[binutils-gdb] Fix a (one shot small) leak in language.c
- From: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 7 Dec 2018 15:46:31 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Fix a (one shot small) leak in language.c
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4a8110007bf58be329f108374e00ef8ddc1fe3ec
commit 4a8110007bf58be329f108374e00ef8ddc1fe3ec
Author: Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
Date: Tue Dec 4 23:28:14 2018 +0100
Fix a (one shot small) leak in language.c
Valgrind detects the following leak:
==28395== VALGRIND_GDB_ERROR_BEGIN
==28395== 5 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 20 of 2,770
==28395== at 0x4C2BE2D: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299)
==28395== by 0x41D9E7: xmalloc (common-utils.c:44)
==28395== by 0x78BF39: xstrdup (xstrdup.c:34)
==28395== by 0x51F1AC: _initialize_language() (language.c:1175)
==28395== by 0x6B3356: initialize_all_files() (init.c:308)
==28395== by 0x66D194: gdb_init(char*) (top.c:2159)
==28395== by 0x554C11: captured_main_1 (main.c:863)
==28395== by 0x554C11: captured_main (main.c:1167)
==28395== by 0x554C11: gdb_main(captured_main_args*) (main.c:1193)
==28395== by 0x29D837: main (gdb.c:32)
==28395==
==28395== VALGRIND_GDB_ERROR_END
This is a very small leak (1 block/5 bytes), happening only once
per GDB startup as far as I can see. But this fix make the nr of leaking
GDB in the testsuite decreasing from 628 to 566.
It is unclear why a xstrdup-ed value is assigned to 'language'
at initialization time, while a static "auto" string is assigned
as part of the set_language_command.
So, that shows that it is ok to initialize 'language' directly
with "auto".
Also, I cannot find any place where 'language' is xfree-d.
No leak was detected for 'range' and 'case_sensitive', but
similarly, no indication why a static string cannot be assigned.
Regression-tested on debian/x86_64.
Also, full testsuite run under valgrind, less tests leaking,
and no dangling pointer problem detected.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-12-05 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* language.c (_initialize_language): Fix leak by assigning
a static string to language. Same for range and case_sensitive,
even if no leak is detected for these variables.
Diff:
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
gdb/language.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d863f91..eaea262 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-12-05 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
+
+ * language.c (_initialize_language): Fix leak by assigning
+ a static string to language. Same for range and case_sensitive,
+ even if no leak is detected for these variables.
+
2018-12-05 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
* configure: Re-generate.
diff --git a/gdb/language.c b/gdb/language.c
index e2f4001..0ec61c3 100644
--- a/gdb/language.c
+++ b/gdb/language.c
@@ -1172,9 +1172,9 @@ For Fortran the default is off; for other languages the default is on."),
add_set_language_command ();
- language = xstrdup ("auto");
- range = xstrdup ("auto");
- case_sensitive = xstrdup ("auto");
+ language = "auto";
+ range = "auto";
+ case_sensitive = "auto";
/* Have the above take effect. */
set_language (language_auto);