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-rw-r--r--gdb/solib-target.c10
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 19cdae4..07119af 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-12-14 Pierre Muller <muller@sourceware.org>
+ Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
+ * solib-target.c (solib_target_current_sos): Remove 'const'
+ qualifier from type of library_document local variable to be
+ able to free it and avoid a memory leak.
+ Use cleanup chain to avoid leak even if exceptino is generated.
+
2012-12-14 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
PR c++/8888:
diff --git a/gdb/solib-target.c b/gdb/solib-target.c
index 0f3f850..54b4855 100644
--- a/gdb/solib-target.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-target.c
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ static struct so_list *
solib_target_current_sos (void)
{
struct so_list *new_solib, *start = NULL, *last = NULL;
- const char *library_document;
+ char *library_document;
+ struct cleanup *old_chain;
VEC(lm_info_p) *library_list;
struct lm_info *info;
int ix;
@@ -258,8 +259,15 @@ solib_target_current_sos (void)
if (library_document == NULL)
return NULL;
+ /* solib_target_parse_libraries may throw, so we use a cleanup. */
+ old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, library_document);
+
/* Parse the list. */
library_list = solib_target_parse_libraries (library_document);
+
+ /* library_document string is not needed behind this point. */
+ do_cleanups (old_chain);
+
if (library_list == NULL)
return NULL;