[tex-live] memory leak with kpathsea_find_file() ?

Vincent Torri vincent.torri at gmail.com
Wed Jun 29 17:59:26 CEST 2016


On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:46 AM, Akira Kakuto <kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp> wrote:
>>     n = kpathsea_find_file(kpse, name, kpse_tfm_format, 1);
>>     ...
>>     trying to free 'n' with free() leads to errors
>
>
> On windows, if I link by using the import library,
> I cannot reproduce the error.
> However if I use the LoadLibrary() method, I can reproduce
> the error. I don't understand why. Presumably my DLL lacks
> something necessary, though it has been useful if used with
> the import library.

maybe some initialization not done. Maybe look at DllMain() to
initialize stuff when the DLL is loaded

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682583(v=vs.85).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682596(v=vs.85).aspx

regards

Vincent Torri


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