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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] oslib-posix: change free to g_free


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] oslib-posix: change free to g_free
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:23:52 -0600
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On 10/10/2014 08:54 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> From: Gonglei <address@hidden>
> 
> The caller of qemu_vfree() maybe not check whether parameter
> ptr pointer is NULL or not, such as vpc_open().
> Using g_free() is more safe.

NACK.  g_free is only safe for pointers allocated by g_malloc.
qemu_vfree is for use on pointers allocated by qemu_try_memalign and
friends (matching the name valloc which is an older spelling of
posix_memalign), which are NOT allocated by g_malloc.  Furthermore,
free(NULL) is safe.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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