Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:42:02 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: volker@vwsoft.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jim Wilcoxson <prirun@gmail.com> Subject: Re: acl_from_text leaking memory Message-ID: <20091116214202.480a0aa7@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4B01B23F.8040002@vwsoft.com> References: <c5830b750911150804i694b00aai891819242816e89c@mail.gmail.com> <c5830b750911150847r3698b21ey819d4de3312ef78d@mail.gmail.com> <4B01B23F.8040002@vwsoft.com>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:12:47 +0100 volker@vwsoft.com wrote: > you may want to have a look at the manpage acl_from_text(3): > > "...This function may cause memory to be allocated. The caller should > free any releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by > calling acl_free(3) with the (void *)acl_t as an argument." > > Please use an acl_free(void *obj_p) call afterwards to avoid leaking memory. > The suggested fix was appplied to HEAD today. Apparently, the man page should now be updated. --- Gary Jennejohn
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