Evan Huus wrote:
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Anders Broman
<anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
- I think the whole ep/se memory idea is optimizing for execution speed and as a bonus fewer memory leaks
Does this assumption still hold true e.g. ep_ is faster that g_malloc? (Changing back would be a nightmare I
suppose). But it seems like having ep memory is geting quite complicated.
I think reducing memory leaks is the primary goal, and execution speed
was a bonus. I agree that it's getting overly complicated though, see
my email from last week [1] for some thoughts on where I'd like to go
long-term.
That's what my recollection says too: because even very simple dissector
code like:
foo = g_malloc()
tvb_get_XXX()
g_free(foo);
Leaks memory when exceptions are thrown.
The addition of canaries to detect buffer overruns, etc. was another bonus.
Ah, yes, the wiki page:
http://wiki.wireshark.org/EMEMification
also lists fixing memory leaks as the primary reason.
