Re: [CHECKER] error path memory leaks in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

Dawson Engler (engler@csl.Stanford.EDU)
Thu, 24 May 2001 19:38:14 -0700 (PDT)


> These are all now either fixed or obsoleted in my tree, and I will send a
> patch to Linus shortly. Thankyou.

Good deal. Thanks for letting us know!

> Do you find it useful to get a response such as this? Are you keeping track
> of the bugs you find? (Or is it simply reassuring to confirm that someone's
> paying attention? :)

It's definitely useful, since it lets us keep tabs on what types of bugs
people actually fix ;-) The tool keeps track of the bugs/false positives we
find, so that it can say when we find something new.

> I believe we can make that a short. Arjan?

Is the general way to fix these too-large stack vars to heap allocate
them? Or is it preferable to put a "static" in front of them, if the
routine is non-reentrant?

Dawson
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