[SSSD] [PATCH] libsss_dbus
Sumit Bose
sbose at redhat.com
Thu May 22 13:22:36 UTC 2014
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:02:45AM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-05-22 at 11:17 +0200, Sumit Bose wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:07:51AM +0200, Sumit Bose wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:40:40PM +0200, Pavel Březina wrote:
> > > > On 05/16/2014 03:32 PM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> > > > >On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 02:54:55PM +0200, Pavel Březina wrote:
> > > > >>On 05/16/2014 02:04 PM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> > > > >>>On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 09:23:46PM +0200, Pavel Březina wrote:
> > > > >>>>On 05/15/2014 09:09 PM, Pavel Březina wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > > All concerns should be fixed (but the memory leak in test). I also changed
> > > > the prefix to sss_sifp as Sumit asked (sending as separate patch).
> > >
> > > Thank you, imo it more looks much more consistent.
> > >
> > > Please find attached a small patch which should illustrate my other
> > > suggestion to remove the build time DBus dependency for the user of the
> > > library. Doc fixes and a free function for the new struct are still
> > > missing, the patch should just illustrate the idea. If you think this
> > > makes sense, I can add the missing parts if you like.
> > >
> > > With this the dbus-1 requirement in the pc file can be removed as well
> > > because the runtime dependency for DBus will be solved by package
> > > management. Btw, I think there is an issue in the current pc file, both
> > > requirements should be in a single line.
> >
> > and now with the patch ...
>
> I am concerned with all the abstraction around the allocation functions.
>
> I see that by default malloc() is used, and with the use of malloc I can
> already see a ton of memory leaks throughout the code, look for example
> at sss_sifp_create_ifp_msg() in your patch, I think it will leak a
> struct sss_sifp_dbus_message at every invocation.
as said, the patch was meant to illustrate the idea, it certainly needs
fixing.
>
> Why this complexity and pluggability of allocators ?
I think it dates back when you asked if dhash can have a pluggable
allocator so that talloc can be used directly. After that most the
SSSD libraries for external use had this.
Do you think this should change?
bye,
Sumit
>
> Simo.
>
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> Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York
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