[PATCH FOR REVIEW] OPENJDK6-3: Fix small memory leak in get_stack_bounds

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On 03/20/2013 10:45 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> > A small memory leak was found in get_stack_bounds when getline
> > returned with an error code,
> > but it was fixed in OpenJDK 7 & 8 in a way that introduced worse
> > issues:
> > 
> > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2013-February/008695.html
> > 
> > This webrev adds a simpler fix, just adding the necessary free
> > call:
> > 
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/jdk6/03/webrev.01/
> > 
> > I filed a bug for this here: http://java.net/jira/browse/OPENJDK6-3
> > 
> > Ok for OpenJDK 6?
> 
> Yes, thanks.  I don't know why I missed this one.
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> 

Thanks.

remote: > OPENJDK6-3: Fix memory leak in get_stack_bounds
remote: > Summary: Memory is allocated by getline but not freed if it fails
remote: > Reviewed-by: aph
remote: 
remote: Incomplete comment: Missing bugid line
remote: Incomplete comment: Missing reviewer attribution
remote: Extraneous text in comment

Omair?  I thought we disabled this?
-- 
Andrew :)

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