[libvirt] [PATCH] python: Don't free must-not-free variables
Jiri Denemark
jdenemar at redhat.com
Tue May 24 08:33:12 UTC 2011
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 14:47:29 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> py_str() function call PyString_AsString(). As written in documentation,
> the caller must not free the returned value, because it points to some
> internal structures.
> ---
> python/libvirt-override.c | 15 ++++++---------
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/libvirt-override.c b/python/libvirt-override.c
> index a151e78..7998723 100644
> --- a/python/libvirt-override.c
> +++ b/python/libvirt-override.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extern void initcygvirtmod(void);
> #define VIR_PY_INT_FAIL (libvirt_intWrap(-1))
> #define VIR_PY_INT_SUCCESS (libvirt_intWrap(0))
>
> +/* We don't want to free() returned value, as written in doc
> + * to PyString_AsString. */
> static char *py_str(PyObject *obj)
> {
> PyObject *str = PyObject_Str(obj);
> @@ -2660,7 +2662,6 @@ libvirt_virEventAddHandleFunc (int fd,
> char *name = py_str(python_cb);
> printf("%s: %s is not callable\n", __FUNCTION__,
> name ? name : "libvirt.eventInvokeHandleCallback");
> - free(name);
> #endif
> goto cleanup;
> }
> @@ -2805,7 +2806,6 @@ libvirt_virEventAddTimeoutFunc(int timeout,
> char *name = py_str(python_cb);
> printf("%s: %s is not callable\n", __FUNCTION__,
> name ? name : "libvirt.eventInvokeTimeoutCallback");
> - free(name);
> #endif
> goto cleanup;
> }
> @@ -2919,17 +2919,11 @@ libvirt_virEventRegisterImpl(ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED PyObject * self,
> {
> /* Unref the previously-registered impl (if any) */
> Py_XDECREF(addHandleObj);
> - free(addHandleName);
> Py_XDECREF(updateHandleObj);
> - free(updateHandleName);
> Py_XDECREF(removeHandleObj);
> - free(removeHandleName);
> Py_XDECREF(addTimeoutObj);
> - free(addTimeoutName);
> Py_XDECREF(updateTimeoutObj);
> - free(updateTimeoutName);
> Py_XDECREF(removeTimeoutObj);
> - free(removeTimeoutName);
>
> /* Parse and check arguments */
> if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char *) "OOOOOO:virEventRegisterImpl",
> @@ -2944,7 +2938,10 @@ libvirt_virEventRegisterImpl(ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED PyObject * self,
> !PyCallable_Check(removeTimeoutObj))
> return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
>
> - /* Get argument string representations (for error reporting) */
> + /* Get argument string representations (for error reporting).
> + * py_str calls PyString_AsString() which returns pointer to:
> + * 'internal buffer of string, not a copy.' and 'It must not be
> + * deallocated' (pyhton c-api documentation) */
Given that py_str() is used in several places, I think this would actually fit
better in a comment for the py_str function itself.
> addHandleName = py_str(addHandleObj);
> updateHandleName = py_str(updateHandleObj);
> removeHandleName = py_str(removeHandleObj);
ACK with that nit fixed.
Jirka
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