[FFmpeg-trac] #3194(avcodec:open): valgrind leak on example package (leaking global lock manager mutex at exit) (was: valgrind leak on example package)

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Mon Mar 31 14:50:07 CEST 2014


#3194: valgrind  leak on example package (leaking global lock manager mutex at
exit)
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             Reporter:  andreyv      |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |  er.anshul.maheshwari@…
             Priority:  minor        |                   Status:  open
              Version:  git-master   |                Component:  avcodec
             Keywords:  leak         |               Resolution:
             Blocking:               |               Blocked By:
Analyzed by developer:  1            |  Reproduced by developer:  1
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Changes (by michael):

 * priority:  normal => minor


Comment:

 this leak is just a single mutex for the whole program execution and will
 get freed by the OS after program execution. So the only issue that this
 causes is a warning in tools like valgrind.
 Also its non trivial to free this mutex without race conditions

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3194#comment:15>
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