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Subject: Re: Memory Leak && Free Problem
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> We have this section of code:
> 1.   new_body =3D api_filter(origin_resp_body,origin_resp_body_len);
> 2.   origin_resp_body_len =3D new_body->length;
> 3.   origin_resp_body =3D new_body->data;
>=20
> I figure that the memory leak is occuring with origin_resp_body being ass=
igned to the new_body
> buffer. But if I try to insert a free(origin_resp_body) between line 1. a=
nd 2. I get the error
> "icap_srv in free(): warning: page is already free" when running the prog=
ram, or either the error
> "free(): warning: junk pointer, too high to make sense"

Probabilly (I've not seen the whole code), since new_body and
origin_resp_body points to the same chunk, memory is freed passing
from new_body.

greetings,
rookie


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