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| author | Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> | 2019-03-22 16:54:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> | 2019-04-04 16:09:52 +0000 |
| commit | d1dd3cbcc766a70ec3b193201299792566c6b69a (patch) | |
| tree | a3956938d280d6ce023b9c8f8e18624a912113cc /src/util | |
| parent | 05b114e5265722e970cb894ed6c3aa3026c0d04d (diff) | |
util/process: document memory leak
We consider it acceptable, but let's still document it in case people
notice it and are not sure why it's there.
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Tapani Pälli <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/util')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/util/u_process.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/u_process.c b/src/util/u_process.c index a1667e78074..94c975df396 100644 --- a/src/util/u_process.c +++ b/src/util/u_process.c @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ __getProgramName() static char *path; if (!path) + /* Note: realpath() allocates memory that we will keep around for + * the lifetime of the app, and then leak as the app closes. + * FIXME: we should find a way to clean this properly + */ path = realpath("/proc/self/exe", NULL); if (path && strncmp(path, program_invocation_name, strlen(path)) == 0) { |