[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: Memory leak in output_example ... ?

[Burkhard Plaum]

Hi,

> ==10241== 65552 bytes in 2 blocks are still reachable in loss record 2 of 2
> ==10241==    at 0x1B905141: memalign (vg_replace_malloc.c:216)
> ==10241==    by 0x80A8BAE: av_malloc (mem.c:62)
> ==10241==    by 0x80A6F56: av_mallocz (utils.c:63)
> ==10241==    by 0x80B498B: MPV_encode_defaults (mpegvideo.c:596)
> ==10241==    by 0x80AA939: MPV_encode_init (mpegvideo.c:893)
> ==10241==    by 0x81C485F: encode_init (mpeg12.c:224)
> ==10241==    by 0x80A7663: avcodec_open (utils.c:832)
> ==10241==    by 0x80546A0: open_video (output_example.c:262)
> ==10241==    by 0x8054EB1: main (output_example.c:465)

If the av_mallocz() in mpegvideo.c:596 is replaced by av_mallocz_static(),
this leak should go away (it's one of those leaks, which are harmless for static
linking but serious in shared libs). Not sure about the other one.

Cheers

Burkhard