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From: Dawson Engler <engler@csl.Stanford.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [CHECKER] error path memory leaks in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 19:54:56 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <E1534C7-0005lu-00@the-village.bc.nu> from "Alan Cox" at May 25, 2001 12:07:03 AM
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> Disagree
> 
> > 	ahc = ahc_alloc(NULL, name);
> 
> ahc_alloc frees name on error

Wow.  That would have been a really nasty "fix."  Sorry about that -- the
name "ahc_alloc" is a little counter-intuitive ;-)

Thanks for the quick feedback.

Dawson