Query regarding resource leak...

[sandeep singh]

  Hi folks,
  I had a doubt on inclusion on one of the structure element in GSS, can anyone be kind to let me know its usage/importance.
  In GSS-API context for in the krb5-1.4 release, 
  The _krb5_gss_ctx_id_rec structure defined in gssapiP_krb5.h has two new 
  fields called 
  typedef strcut _krb5_gss_ctx_id_rec 
  { 
  .. 
  krb5_context k5_context; 
  .. 
  int cred_rcache; 
  .. 
  }krb5_gss_ctx_id_rec,*krb5_gss_ctx_id_t; 
  I fail to understand the importance of "cred_rcache" element. Is it really required ? Looking at the changelog it looks like it is used to avoid a  resource leak. But what is resource leak here ? Can anyone please explain. 
  Thanks in advance.

       
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