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Re: [xml] Memory leak problem

Have you considered running your application under a tool like valgrind to see where it reports leaks?

Lara

-----Original Message-----
From: xml <xml-bounces gnome org> On Behalf Of Eric Eberhard
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:47 PM
To: 'BR Chrisman' <brchrisman gmail com>
Cc: xml gnome org
Subject: Re: [xml] Memory leak problem

Thank you for reply.   The problem I was solving for is NS not freeing with xmlFreeDoc(node); (which I did 
after all my nonsense).

I took out that code and it dies in the same place ... perhaps I should break down and load a new libxml2 as 
I would guess that the problem is fixed now.  If not, then I am still missing something.

Like I said, I have used it for decades now and never had a problem.  A memory leak is only a problem when 
... it becomes a problem, otherwise you generally don't notice.  This program is making thousands of XML 
files that are rather small, it frees the documents between each file.  My customer's data has crossed some 
line ... 

Is there a C call to see how much memory one is consuming?  I could likely put that in to try and find it.

Anyone else with ideas please let me know!

Thanks,

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: xml [mailto:xml-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of BR Chrisman via xml
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 12:57 PM
Cc: xml gnome org
Subject: Re: [xml] Memory leak problem

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:04 AM Eric Eberhard <flash vicsmba com> wrote:


I have used libxml2 since it was libxml so I can’t believe I am having this problem.  I’m looking for 
someone smarter than me to help out.



I use only the DOM (memory) parser, and an old version at that:  
libxml2-2.7.3



I have a program that makes many XML files.  They, alone, are not a problem.  But when a large amount are 
made (100s) it gets a memory error.



After each XML document I make I write them to disk and then free them 
(meaning I thought I was freeing ALL the memory).  This is not the 
case so I assume I am not coding it correctly.  This is what I am 
doing …



Hi Eric,

I think you should be able to use xmlFreeDoc on the doc object, rather than on any particular node.
One call to that cleans the whole document up.
I have looped this under valgrind before with no issues found.

- Brian Chrisman




The node is passed to this function  (xmlNodePtr) named 
freeMe(xmlNsPtr node)



Void freeMe(xmlNSPtr node) {



xmlNsPtr next;

 xmlNsPtr cur;



 cur = node->ns;

 while (cur) {

     next = cur->next;

      if (cur->href) xmlFree((char *) cur->href);

      if (cur->prefix) xmlFree((char *) cur->prefix);

      cur->href = NULL;

      cur->prefix = NULL;

       xmlFree((char *)cur);

      cur = next;

}

node->ns = NULL;



if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE ||

     node->type == XML_XINCLUDE_START ||

                              node->type == XML_XINCLUDE_END) {

     cur = node->nsDef;

     while (cur) {

             next = cur->next;

              if (cur->href) xmlFree((char *) cur->href);

               if (cur->prefix) xmlFree((char *) cur->prefix

               cur->href = NULL;

               cur->prefix = NULL;

               xmlFree((char *)cur);

             cur = next;

     }

     node->nsDef = NULL;

    If (node->children)

FreeMe(node->children);                            //recursive

}



xmlFreeDoc(node);



//done I think freeing up all memory



I LEFT out the tests for NULLS and error checking and other silly things so it would not be too long.



It also repeats mostly the exact same code if the node is NS so I won’t bore you.  Don’t use NS much anyway.



Problem is, something is not free()’d up.



So besides the main node and NS is there something else I have to free()?  Better, is there a function that 
I can pass the node and it free()’s everything for me?



Any help – even sample code – would be much appreciated!  Free horse back ride in AZ for a winner?



E















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