[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Call av_free_static automatically before DLL unload

[Aurelien Jacobs]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:55:18 +0200 (CEST)
<plaum at ipf.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> this patch calls av_free_static() automatically, before the module
> (statically linked executable or shared lib) gets unloaded.
> This prevents a potential memory leak in plugin based applications,
> where the right time for calling av_free_static() isn't always known.
> 
> valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes
> displays zero lost bytes (in lavc at least) now.
> 
> It utilizes the __attribute__ ((destructor)) mechanism, which is
> supported since (at least) gcc-2.95 for all target formats. It has
> been used in libquicktime for many years on many platforms without a
> single problem. Programs, which call av_free_static() explicitely
> don't have to be changed, since multiple calls are harmless.

Wouldn't such a patch be cleaner ?

Aurel
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