Re: memory leaking in mad_layer_III?

Rob Leslie wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 3:40 AM, Niels Roosen wrote:
>> Am I missing something or could it be that using mad this way hasn't
>> been tested excessively enough and is it true that the memory
>> alllocated in mad_layer_III() on lines 2530 and 2538 (libmad version
>> 0.15.1b) is not freed properly? I would be delighted to either get
>> confirmation on this or some advice on how to solve this issue.
> 
> The memory allocated in mad_layer_III() is freed in mad_frame_finish()
> and mad_stream_finish(); you should make sure these are definitely being
> called on the same structures you pass to mad_frame_decode().
> 
> Since you say you are making these calls, I'm at a loss to offer any
> specific advice without seeing your code.

What I do is initialize the decoder, decode incoming data per frame
until the client disconnects, and then, when another client connects,
run the mad_stream_finish() and mad_frame_finish() on the pointers to
the relevant structures before running the initialization functions
again, in order to clean up any remaining data in the decoder. I took
this from some example code but unfortunately don't know what any more,
but I suppose that is how it should be done.

I will post the relevant code tomorrow, should I do that as attachment
or inline?

Regards,

Niels

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