Re: [boost] Boost.Iostreams - memory leak in zlib filter

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-28 00:46:00

Martin Slater wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Just been tracking a memory leak that ended up coming out of the zlib
> filter. We're using the boost 1.32.0 with the last non integrated
> verison of iostreams from Jonathans website, I've integrated what
> appear
> to be fixes for this leak in the current cvs head but the leak was
> still there. It seems that line 383 in
> boost\iostreams\filter\zlib.hpp (cvs
> head version) should be
>
>    void zlib_decompressor_impl<Alloc>::close() { reset(false, false);
> }
>
> instead of
>
>    void zlib_decompressor_impl<Alloc>::close() { reset(false, true); }
>
> This makes the leak go away for me, does this seem right?

Thanks for reporting this. It's already fixed in 1.33.1 beta.

> cheers
>
> Martin

-- 
Jonathan Turkanis
www.kangaroologic.com