[FFmpeg-cvslog] r13800 - trunk/libavformat/mov.c

[Baptiste Coudurier]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:43:59AM +0200, Benoit Fouet wrote:
>> bcoudurier wrote:
>>> Modified: trunk/libavformat/mov.c
>>> ==============================================================================
>>> --- trunk/libavformat/mov.c	(original)
>>> +++ trunk/libavformat/mov.c	Wed Jun 18 10:30:50 2008
>>> @@ -1899,6 +1899,7 @@ static int mov_read_close(AVFormatContex
>>>          av_freep(&sc->drefs);
>>>          if (sc->pb && sc->pb != s->pb)
>>>              url_fclose(sc->pb);
>>> +        av_freep(&sc);
>>>   
>> av_free() should be enough if done on sc
> 
> &s->streams[i]->priv_data really should be set to NULL if its freed in
> a demuxer! And a comment should be added that its not the correct place
> to free priv_data, so the code does not get forgotten ...
> 
> The correct place to free priv_data is av_close_input_stream(). For
> muxers its freed in av_write_trailer() and not each muxer individually.
> Now the more demuxers add such free but not zero hacks the harder it will
> be to fix the bug properly because there will be dozends of double free
> errors. (that after all is the reason why i did not just add a free()
> in av_close_input_stream(), it requires demuxers to be checked that they
> do not free it. The more demuxers free it the more work i have to clean
> this mess up, so please if you do add such hacks add a 
> //FIXME this is totally wrong and should not be here
> st->priv_data = NULL
> 

Yes, patch attached. I reviewed most close functions. I hope I didnt
miss anything, regression tests pass.

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