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| author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2003-12-30 22:18:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2003-12-30 22:18:40 +0000 |
| commit | 6eb471e11e596bc27d2d42ff457d6bd772eed228 (patch) | |
| tree | 1eb68c43404c27600b2bf5ab964c5a282e53b11a /source3 | |
| parent | 65586823a743bc7585e4703ddab35e16f2007e95 (diff) | |
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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 b84ea23f99481f9260dedbe8dd715112ccdc7d7a)
Diffstat (limited to 'source3')
| -rw-r--r-- | source3/printing/nt_printing.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/source3/printing/nt_printing.c b/source3/printing/nt_printing.c index f3c3a0389a..7ba777f131 100644 --- a/source3/printing/nt_printing.c +++ b/source3/printing/nt_printing.c @@ -3920,6 +3920,16 @@ 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, @@ -3950,7 +3960,11 @@ 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); @@ -3965,10 +3979,11 @@ 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 */ @@ -3986,6 +4001,9 @@ 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 */ |