From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:26:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] win32: plug memory leak on realloc() failure in syslog()
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1708142225330.19382@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <245410ce-1f4c-f2a9-fd8d-98ff2d2c0335@web.de>

Hi René,

On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, René Scharfe wrote:

> If realloc() fails then the original buffer is still valid.  Free it
> before exiting the function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>

The subject had me worried for a second... The realloc() fails so rarely
that I, for one, have never encountered that problem.

Still, it is a correct fix for a real bug.

Thanks,
Dscho