Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 01:35:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Huizer <freebsd@xaa.iae.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: memory leaks in libc Message-ID: <199808060835.BAA01491@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:08:59 %2B0200." <19980806100859.A312@xaa.iae.nl>
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> Hi, a nice user of ours pointed me to the fact that various functions
> like setenv, putenv etc leak memory like crazy. To mention a very
> simple example:
>
> main(){while(1){setenv("A","AA",1);setenv("A","A",1);}}
>
> while consume all memory within short periods of time (see setenv.c for
> the reason).
>
> Is this wellknown? I think it is bad, and would like to fix it
Not sure, agreed, and please do.
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