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-rw-r--r--src/util/u_process.c4
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) {