RFR: JDK-8297688: libjli leaks memory related to options handling

David Holmes dholmes at openjdk.org
Mon Nov 28 04:06:11 UTC 2022


On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:23:01 GMT, Justin King <jcking at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Fix memory leaks by making `AddOption` unconditionally duplicate passed in strings, taking ownership. Callers using dynamic memory free their storage after calling `AddOption`. This ensures no memory is dropped on the floor. This also removes the second argument to `AddOption` as it is unused and shifts it into the source file.

Doesn't this just "leak" the duplicated string now instead of the original?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11384


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