Bug 213690 – REGRESSION (r262776): Leak of NSMutableURLRequest in -[WebCoreResourceHandleAsOperationQueueDelegate connection:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:]

• Component: WebCore Misc.
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

Leak of NSMutableURLRequest in -[WebCoreResourceHandleAsOperationQueueDelegate connection:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:]:

+        if (equalLettersIgnoringASCIICase(m_handle->firstRequest().httpMethod(), "post") && !m_handle->firstRequest().hasHTTPHeaderField(HTTPHeaderName::ContentType)) {
+            NSMutableURLRequest *modifiedRequest = [newRequest mutableCopy];
+            [modifiedRequest setValue:nil forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
+            return modifiedRequest; // LEAK: This variable needs to be autoreleased.
+        }

Regressed with:

    Bug 211999: XMLHTTPRequest.send should not send Content-Type headers when Blob has no type
    <https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211999>
    <https://trac.webkit.org/r262776>

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/64853619>

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

Created attachment 402980 [details]
Patch v1

[EWS]

Committed r263653: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/263653>

All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug and clearing flags on attachment 402980 [details].