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Re: [Devel] Memory leak in FT2 (before new pshinter commit)


From: Tom Kacvinsky
Subject: Re: [Devel] Memory leak in FT2 (before new pshinter commit)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:17:19 -0400 (EDT)

As far as I can tell, the problem is triggered by parsing synthetic fonts (like
Helvetica-Oblique, Courier-Oblique, etc...).  At least I have something to go on
now...

Tom

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:

> Hmmm... Are you using the Type 1 driver, or the TT driver?  The problem I see 
> is
> with the Type 1 driver.  I do not see the problem with the OpenType driver,
> either.
>
> Tom
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, walker wrote:
>
> > Ohhhh, I tested my ft2 demo  with Boundschecker in win2000, and no memory 
> > leak found.
> >
> > Of course, My demo is too simple and maybe did not get the right way to find
> > memory leak. Please drop me a email if need my boundschecker's help.
> >
> > Reagrds.
> >
> >
> > Walker.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Kacvinsky" <address@hidden>
> > To: "FreeType Development" <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 3:10 AM
> > Subject: [Devel] Memory leak in FT2 (before new pshinter commit)
> >
> >
> > > It has been reported on this list that there is memory leak in FT2, using 
> > > the
> > > code prior to the pshinter module commit.
> > >
> > > As I don't have purify (what a great product, based on the demo I had), I 
> > > tried
> > > using Electric Fence.  That did no good.  ftmemchk reports that there 
> > > leaks.
> > >
> > > I suspect that the leak stems from something in the pasux module 
> > > (specifically,
> > > psobjs.c), but I haven't been able to track this down.
> > >
> > > Any one have any ideas?  In the meantime, I am going to ping my bosses 
> > > about
> > > getting a license for purify.  If anyone wants to step up and buy the 
> > > FreeType
> > > team a copy of purify (I would prefer a copy for Solaris), please let me 
> > > know.
> > > It would be appreciated.  Or, perhaps someone with a license for purify 
> > > can
> > > check the code and report back where the leak is happening, and I will 
> > > commit
> > > the necessary changes.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >
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