[krbdev.mit.edu #8739] Memory leak in function main() in src/tests/threads/profread.c and src/tests/threads/gss-perf.c.

Greg Hudson via RT rt-comment at KRBDEV-PROD-APP-1.mit.edu
Tue Sep 18 13:12:54 EDT 2018


tinfo is a static global variable in both test programs, so the memory 
is still reachable at program exit; as such this isn't really a memory 
leak.

Also, as these are test programs, it's only important to fix memory 
leaks in them if they create false positives in static or dynamic 
analysis tools which detect memory bugs.  Was this issue discovered 
using a tool, or through code inspection?


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