Re: [gmime-devel] Possible memory leakage in gmime

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj novell com>]

Vsevolod Stakhov wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm using gmime (ver 2.2.21) for writing spam filter and found that I
> have strange memory issues with it. I wrote a simple test, that can be
> found here:
> http://cebka.pp.ru/stuff/test_gmime_mem.c
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When debugging memory leaks (or other memory issues) in glib-based
programs, you typically want to set the G_SLICE environment variable to
"always-malloc" because the GSlice memory allocator confuses programs
like valgrind.

If you `export G_SLICE=always-malloc` and re-run your program under
valgrind and still find leaks (other than the ones from initializing the
GType system), then it should be a lot simpler to track down the memory
leaks.

I'll take a closer look (hopefully) tonight when I get a chance if you
haven't done so by the time I get around to it.

Jeff