ok, a wiki page for ememification created containing a list of all
dissectors that use g_malloc().
feel free to grep for other g_ functions allocating memory as well and
add sections for them.
On 8/14/05, Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 02:23:38AM -0400, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> > Gerald, what about an ethereal-janitor sub project and mailing list?
>
> I don't think a separate ml should be used. ethereal-dev is just fine.
>
> > Anyone want to chip in? There are still 140 g_malloc()s left in
> > epan/dissectors and if my current experience is worth anything
> > probably half of them will have obvious memleaks (i.e. never g_free())
> > and virtually all the others have non-obvious ones (exception raised
> > between g_malloc() and g_free() and no CLEANUP_PUSH or simiar kludge)
> >
> >
> > raise your hand if you want to help out, its pretty boring work but
> > should really be done.
>
> I can start doing that. Maybe you can create a page in wiki and put in a
> list of files that you already have looked at just to coordinate things.
> Alternatively, that could be managed via a bugzilla entry but I think
> that wiki is a much more efficient interface for this.
>
> ciao
> Joerg
>
> --
> Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that
> works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology.
>
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