[PATCH v2 2/4] Free the data returned by XGetWindowProperty()

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Thu May 21 06:11:29 PDT 2015



Am 21.05.2015 14:55, schrieb Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen:
> Signed-off-by: Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen <eirik at eirikba.org>
> ---
>  xprop.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xprop.c b/xprop.c
> index ba23b87..4576db6 100644
> --- a/xprop.c
> +++ b/xprop.c
> @@ -1442,9 +1442,15 @@ Get_Window_Property_Data_And_Type (Atom atom,
>      unsigned long nitems;
>      unsigned long nbytes;
>      unsigned long bytes_after;
> -    unsigned char *prop;
> +    static unsigned char *prop = NULL;
>      int status;
> -	
> +
> +    if (prop)
> +    {
> +	XFree(prop);
> +	prop = NULL;
> +    }
> +


let free() handle prop==NULL

but in general the caller is responsible to free the memory

re,
 wh

>      status = XGetWindowProperty(dpy, target_win, atom, 0, (max_len+3)/4,
>  				False, AnyPropertyType, &actual_type,
>  				&actual_format, &nitems, &bytes_after,


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