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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-09-30 15:09:35 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-09-30 15:09:35 +0000
commitf01e40699cc30cbaca756ecae6e08718d7530d20 (patch)
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* posix/glob.c (glob_in_dir): Add some comments and asserts to
	explain why there are no leaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'posix/glob.c')
-rw-r--r--posix/glob.c18
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c
index 630d54063a..0079a15a92 100644
--- a/posix/glob.c
+++ b/posix/glob.c
@@ -1287,8 +1287,15 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
 	      for (size_t i = 0; i < cur; ++i)
 		free (names->name[i]);
 	      names = names->next;
+	      /* NB: we will not leak memory here if we exit without
+		 freeing the current block assigned to OLD.  At least
+		 the very first block is always allocated on the stack
+		 and this is the block assigned to OLD here.  */
 	      if (names == NULL)
-		break;
+		{
+		  assert (old == &init_names);
+		  break;
+		}
 	      cur = names->count;
 	      if (old == names_alloca)
 		names_alloca = names;
@@ -1306,8 +1313,15 @@ glob_in_dir (const char *pattern, const char *directory, int flags,
 		new_gl_pathv[pglob->gl_offs + pglob->gl_pathc++]
 		  = names->name[i];
 	      names = names->next;
+	      /* NB: we will not leak memory here if we exit without
+		 freeing the current block assigned to OLD.  At least
+		 the very first block is always allocated on the stack
+		 and this is the block assigned to OLD here.  */
 	      if (names == NULL)
-		break;
+		{
+		  assert (old == &init_names);
+		  break;
+		}
 	      cur = names->count;
 	      if (old == names_alloca)
 		names_alloca = names;