[PATCH v2 evdev 0/3] Memory leak fixes.

[Peter Hutterer]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 11:23:44AM +0200, Rami Ylimäki wrote:
> v2:
> 
> XKB options are now released with XkbFreeRMLVOSet.
> 
> The first version of these patches assigned a dynamically allocated
> device filename to a const pointer. Calling free with this pointer
> causes a warning, but this warning was suppressed by casting its
> constness away when calling free. The warning could be alternatively
> avoided by not using a const pointers in the first place.
> 
> In my opinion, using const pointer in this case is completely
> fine. Removing the constness just because the string is dynamically
> allocated isn't necessary. Therefore I prefer keeping the cast instead
> of removing the constness of device filename string.

I realise this is personal preference but I'd prefer const to be used where
the data is actually const and here it certainly isn't.

All three applied, thanks. I've squashed in a removal of a now-unnecessary
typecast char *device = (char*)pEvdev->device into the last patch.

Cheers,
  Peter

> However, patch 3 of this series can be squashed with the 2nd patch to
> remove the constness. Otherwise the 3rd patch could be just dropped.
> 
> Rami Ylimäki (3):
>   Release leaked XKB options on input device disconnect.
>   Release leaked device identifier on input device disconnect.
>   Remove constness of device filename to avoid warning when freed.
> 
>  src/evdev.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  src/evdev.h |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>