[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix a memory leak in the qemudBuildCommandLine.

Chris Lalancette clalance at redhat.com
Fri Jul 30 14:02:51 UTC 2010


On 07/30/10 - 08:02:08AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/30/2010 07:47 AM, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> > ADD_ARG_LIT should only be used for literal arguments,
> > since it duplicates the memory.  Since virBufferContentAndReset
> > is already allocating memory, we should only use ADD_ARG.
> 
> ACK.
> 
> Hmm, wondering if there is a way to make use of gcc's
> __builtin_constant_p() to enforce that ADD_ARG_LIT is passed a string
> constant.

Interesting idea.  I know danpb wanted to remove all of the macros used in
qemudBuildCommandLine, though, so you may want to consult with him before
spending too much time on it.

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Chris Lalancette




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