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lib/getdelim.c (getdelim): Don't leak memory upon failed realloc.
author Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
date Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:14:27 +0100
parents daf5ba9fe2d9
children d185045bb021
files ChangeLog lib/getdelim.c
diffstat 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2008-03-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	* lib/getdelim.c (getdelim): Don't leak memory upon failed realloc.
+
 	Remove useless "if" tests before free.  Deprecate "free" module.
 	* doc/posix-functions/free.texi: Mention that this
 	module is no longer useful.
--- a/lib/getdelim.c
+++ b/lib/getdelim.c
@@ -69,13 +69,15 @@
 
   if (*lineptr == NULL || *n == 0)
     {
+      char *new_lineptr;
       *n = 120;
-      *lineptr = (char *) realloc (*lineptr, *n);
-      if (*lineptr == NULL)
+      new_lineptr = (char *) realloc (*lineptr, *n);
+      if (new_lineptr == NULL)
 	{
 	  result = -1;
 	  goto unlock_return;
 	}
+      *lineptr = new_lineptr;
     }
 
   for (;;)