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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/python/python.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/python/python.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c index b309ae9..9c49151 100644 --- a/gdb/python/python.c +++ b/gdb/python/python.c @@ -1590,7 +1590,14 @@ do_start_initialization () { #ifdef IS_PY3K size_t progsize, count; - wchar_t *progname_copy; + /* Python documentation indicates that the memory given + to Py_SetProgramName cannot be freed. However, it seems that + at least Python 3.7.4 Py_SetProgramName takes a copy of the + given program_name. Making progname_copy static and not release + the memory avoids a leak report for Python versions that duplicate + program_name, and respect the requirement of Py_SetProgramName + for Python versions that do not duplicate program_name. */ + static wchar_t *progname_copy; #endif #ifdef WITH_PYTHON_PATH |