RFR: 8273575: memory leak in appendBootClassPath(), paths must be deallocated

Serguei Spitsyn sspitsyn at openjdk.java.net
Wed Sep 15 01:12:59 UTC 2021


The memory allocated and hold in the paths local variable of function appendBootClassPath() is never deallocated:
    splitPathList(pathList, &count, &paths);
So, it is a memory leak which needs to be fixed.
The fix is to add one line at the end of function: 
    free(paths);

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Commit messages:
 - Merge
 - 8273575: memory leak in appendBootClassPath(), paths must be deallocated

Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5516/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5516&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8273575
  Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5516.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/5516/head:pull/5516

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5516


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