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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-12-30 22:17:14 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2003-12-30 22:17:14 +0000
commit318190580d4248385f4d03a8d1408a9162c588f0 (patch)
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Move to short lived TALLOC_CTX* for allocating printer
objects from the print handle cache. Fixes bug that caused smbd to consume large amounts of RAM when (a) a printer handle was kept open over an extended period of time, and (b) the client issued frequent requests that resulted in a call to get_a_printer() (This used to be commit 10b9976e0ab961dc34c9426f0a497e0f81a5e17f)
Diffstat (limited to 'source3/printing')
-rw-r--r--source3/printing/nt_printing.c26
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/source3/printing/nt_printing.c b/source3/printing/nt_printing.c
index bf8e1432c6..c28f8e8189 100644
--- a/source3/printing/nt_printing.c
+++ b/source3/printing/nt_printing.c
@@ -3917,6 +3917,16 @@ NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL_2* dup_printer_2( TALLOC_CTX *ctx, NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL_2
/****************************************************************************
Get a NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL struct. It returns malloced memory.
+
+ Previously the code had a memory allocation problem because it always
+ used the TALLOC_CTX from the Printer_entry*. This context lasts
+ as a long as the original handle is open. So if the client made a lot
+ of getprinter[data]() calls, the memory usage would climb. Now we use
+ a short lived TALLOC_CTX for printer_info_2 objects returned. We
+ still use the Printer_entry->ctx for maintaining the cache copy though
+ since that object must live as long as the handle by definition.
+ --jerry
+
****************************************************************************/
WERROR get_a_printer( Printer_entry *print_hnd, NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL **pp_printer, uint32 level,
@@ -3947,7 +3957,11 @@ WERROR get_a_printer( Printer_entry *print_hnd, NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL **pp_print
&& (print_hnd->printer_type==PRINTER_HANDLE_IS_PRINTER)
&& print_hnd->printer_info )
{
- if ( !(printer->info_2 = dup_printer_2(print_hnd->ctx, print_hnd->printer_info->info_2)) ) {
+ /* get_talloc_ctx() works here because we need a short
+ lived talloc context */
+
+ if ( !(printer->info_2 = dup_printer_2(get_talloc_ctx(), print_hnd->printer_info->info_2)) )
+ {
DEBUG(0,("get_a_printer: unable to copy cached printer info!\n"));
SAFE_FREE(printer);
@@ -3962,10 +3976,11 @@ WERROR get_a_printer( Printer_entry *print_hnd, NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL **pp_print
break;
}
- /* no cache for this handle; see if we can match one from another handle */
-
+ /* no cache for this handle; see if we can match one from another handle.
+ Make sure to use a short lived talloc ctx */
+
if ( print_hnd )
- result = find_printer_in_print_hnd_cache(print_hnd->ctx, &printer->info_2, sharename);
+ result = find_printer_in_print_hnd_cache(get_talloc_ctx(), &printer->info_2, sharename);
/* fail to disk if we don't have it with any open handle */
@@ -3983,6 +3998,9 @@ WERROR get_a_printer( Printer_entry *print_hnd, NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL **pp_print
print_hnd->printer_info = (NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL *)malloc(sizeof(NT_PRINTER_INFO_LEVEL));
if ( print_hnd->printer_info ) {
+ /* make sure to use the handle's talloc ctx here since
+ the printer_2 object must last until the handle is closed */
+
print_hnd->printer_info->info_2 = dup_printer_2(print_hnd->ctx, printer->info_2);
/* don't fail the lookup just because the cache update failed */