Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: Memory allocation audit, janitor project, EMEMification o

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:34:33 -0500
Looks good.  Should we add a similar page for dissectors that use the
old-style ASN.1 code?

ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> ok,   a wiki page for ememification created   containing a list of all
> dissectors that use g_malloc().
> 
> feel free to grep for other g_ functions allocating memory as well and
> add sections for them.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/14/05, Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 02:23:38AM -0400, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
>>
>>>Gerald, what about an ethereal-janitor sub project and mailing list?
>>
>>I don't think a separate ml should be used. ethereal-dev is just fine.
>>
>>
>>>Anyone want to chip in?  There are still 140 g_malloc()s left in
>>>epan/dissectors  and if my current experience is worth anything  
>>>probably half of them will have obvious memleaks (i.e. never g_free())
>>>and virtually all the others have non-obvious ones (exception raised
>>>between g_malloc() and g_free() and no CLEANUP_PUSH or simiar kludge)
>>>
>>>
>>>raise your hand if you want to help out, its pretty boring work but
>>>should really be done.
>>
>>I can start doing that. Maybe you can create a page in wiki and put in a
>>list of files that you already have looked at just to coordinate things.
>>Alternatively, that could be managed via a bugzilla entry but I think
>>that wiki is a much more efficient interface for this.
>>
>> ciao
>>      Joerg
>>
>>-- 
>>Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
>>We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that
>>works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology.
>>
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