Bug 113762 – [GStreamer] Memory leaks in MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: WebKitGTK

[Sudarsana Nagineni (babu)]

strings returned by gst_element_get_name() and gst_missing_plugin_message_get_installer_detail() must be freed to avoid memory leaks.

1)
==21665== 99 bytes in 3 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 24,564 of 34,507
==21665==    at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==21665==    by 0xD3E18D8: g_malloc (gmem.c:159)
==21665==    by 0xD3F76FD: g_strdup (gstrfuncs.c:364)
==21665==    by 0xB6693CC: gst_object_get_name (gstobject.c:657)
==21665==    by 0x6F08280: WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::setAudioStreamProperties(_GObject*) (MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:151)
==21665==    by 0x6F080B8: WebCore::setAudioStreamPropertiesCallback(_GstChildProxy*, _GObject*, char*, WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer*) (MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:125)
==21665==    by 0x127ABF97: ffi_call_unix64 (in /home/sudarsana/Webkit/gtk/WebKit/WebKitBuild/Dependencies/Root/lib64/libffi.so.5.0.10)
==21665==    by 0x127AB93C: ffi_call (ffi64.c:486)

2)
==21665==
==21665== 384 bytes in 2 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 30,965 of 34,507
==21665==    at 0x4C2B7B2: realloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==21665==    by 0xD3E1996: g_realloc (gmem.c:224)
==21665==    by 0xD3F9A26: g_string_maybe_expand (gstring.c:107)
==21665==    by 0xD3FAE66: g_string_append_vprintf (gstring.c:1168)
==21665==    by 0xD3FB066: g_string_append_printf (gstring.c:1268)
==21665==    by 0x414F0DF: gst_missing_plugin_message_get_installer_detail (missing-plugins.c:467)
==21665==    by 0x6F0B8DF: WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::handleMessage(_GstMessage*) (MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:780)
==21665==    by 0x6F07FEC: WebCore::mediaPlayerPrivateMessageCallback(_GstBus*, _GstMessage*, WebCore::MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer*) (MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp:88)

[Sudarsana Nagineni (babu)]

Created attachment 196162 [details]
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[Philippe Normand]

Comment on attachment 196162 [details]
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Thanks!

[Philippe Normand]

BTW I know these leaks are programming errors but perhaps it would be interesting to have a debug EWS bot running valgrind on patches pending-review. What do you think about that?

[Sudarsana Nagineni (babu)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> BTW I know these leaks are programming errors but perhaps it would be interesting to have a debug EWS bot running valgrind on patches pending-review. What do you think about that?

This is exactly what I have been thinking. I'm going to spend some time trying to setup the leak bot.

[WebKit Review Bot]

Comment on attachment 196162 [details]
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Clearing flags on attachment: 196162

Committed r147490: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/147490>

[WebKit Review Bot]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.