BASH PATCH REPORT
=================
Bash-Release: 3.2
Patch-ID: bash32-038
Bug-Reported-by: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Bug-Reference-ID: <200803131141.m2DBf9vo001136@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2008-03/msg00029.html
Bug-Description:
When reading input lines into a single variable using the `read' builtin,
bash did not free the memory it read after assigining it to the named
variable, causing a memory leak noticable when reading large amounts of
data.
Patch:
*** ../bash-3.2-patched/builtins/read.def 2007-08-25 13:47:07.000000000 -0400
--- builtins/read.def 2008-03-07 12:55:47.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 135,139 ****
char c;
char *input_string, *orig_input_string, *ifs_chars, *prompt, *arrayname;
! char *e, *t, *t1, *ps2;
struct stat tsb;
SHELL_VAR *var;
--- 152,156 ----
char c;
char *input_string, *orig_input_string, *ifs_chars, *prompt, *arrayname;
! char *e, *t, *t1, *ps2, *tofree;
struct stat tsb;
SHELL_VAR *var;
***************
*** 675,678 ****
--- 728,732 ----
/* Check whether or not the number of fields is exactly the same as the
number of variables. */
+ tofree = NULL;
if (*input_string)
{
***************
*** 680,684 ****
t = get_word_from_string (&input_string, ifs_chars, &e);
if (*input_string == 0)
! input_string = t;
else
input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars, saw_escape);
--- 734,738 ----
t = get_word_from_string (&input_string, ifs_chars, &e);
if (*input_string == 0)
! tofree = input_string = t;
else
input_string = strip_trailing_ifs_whitespace (t1, ifs_chars, saw_escape);
***************
*** 695,698 ****
--- 749,754 ----
var = bind_read_variable (list->word->word, input_string);
stupidly_hack_special_variables (list->word->word);
+ FREE (tofree);
+
if (var)
VUNSETATTR (var, att_invisible);
*** ../bash-3.2/patchlevel.h Thu Apr 13 08:31:04 2006
--- patchlevel.h Mon Oct 16 14:22:54 2006
***************
*** 26,30 ****
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 37
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
! #define PATCHLEVEL 38
#endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */