Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: Memory allocation audit, janitor project, EMEMification of di

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From: ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:17:23 -0400
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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