From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com>
To: Doug Nazar <nazard@nazar.ca>, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] gssd: gssd_k5_err_msg() returns a ". Use free() to release.
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:47:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca47067c-3b8f-b33a-a274-87039d5d6cc9@RedHat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cddca53b-54f3-2c4a-f6b4-b0bb2bf2b2f2@nazar.ca>
On 7/12/20 4:27 PM, Doug Nazar wrote:
> On 2020-07-08 10:50, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> I'm curious about these changes... since all krb5_free_string()
>> does is call free()... where is the "strdup'd msg" coming from?
>
> gssd_k5_err_msg() always returns a local strdup() of the error message.
True...
> We shouldn't be using a Kerberos library method to free them. There's no guarantee that the library won't change,
I guess I'm not too worry about this... I would the change was for the better.
and lets face the krb5 has not changed in a 100 years ;-)
> or even that the library was compiled with the same malloc library.
There are different malloc libraries other than glibc?
steved.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-13 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 18:27 [PATCH 00/10] Misc fixes & cleanups for nfs-utils Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 01/10] gssd: Refcount struct clnt_info to protect multithread usage Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 02/10] Update to libevent 2.x apis Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 03/10] gssd: Cleanup on exit to support valgrind Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 04/10] gssd: gssd_k5_err_msg() returns a strdup'd msg. Use free() to release Doug Nazar
2020-07-08 14:50 ` [PATCH 04/10] gssd: gssd_k5_err_msg() returns a ". " Steve Dickson
2020-07-12 20:27 ` Doug Nazar
2020-07-13 18:47 ` Steve Dickson [this message]
2020-07-13 22:22 ` Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 05/10] gssd: Fix locking for machine principal list Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 06/10] gssd: Add a few debug statements to help track client_info lifetimes Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 07/10] gssd: Lookup local hostname when srchost is '*' Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:27 ` [PATCH 08/10] gssd: We never use the nocache param of gssd_check_if_cc_exists() Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:28 ` [PATCH 09/10] Cleanup printf format attribute handling and fix format strings Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:28 ` [PATCH 09/10] Cleanup printf format attribute handling and fix various " Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:28 ` [PATCH 09/10] Consolidate " Doug Nazar
2020-07-01 18:28 ` [PATCH 10/10] Fix various clang warnings Doug Nazar
2020-07-14 18:38 ` [PATCH 00/10] Misc fixes & cleanups for nfs-utils Steve Dickson
2020-07-16 6:56 ` Doug Nazar
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