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Re: [PATCH] Ensure entries pid_map are initialized to NULL
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 17:52, Xinliang David Li<davidxl@google.com> wrote:
>> I've just noticed that we never free pid_map. ÂWhat would be a good
>> place to do that? ÂThis is not related to this change, so if you find
>> a good spot, it can be done in a separate patch.
>
> This is not uncommon for objects with global life time. Other examples
> include cgraph nodes, varpool nodes etc.
No. These live in GC memory. pid_map lives on the heap. We leak
memory left-right-and-center, so I don't think it's critical.
Diego.