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authorAndrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>2005-01-02 12:55:33 +0000
committerGerald (Jerry) Carter <jerry@samba.org>2007-10-10 13:08:10 -0500
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r4479: added the function talloc_autofree_context() which returns a talloc context that
will automatically be freed on program exit. This is useful for reducing clutter in leak reports (This used to be commit cf73dda652e0a121901f22771104be6751c0fcb9)
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diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
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+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
@@ -490,3 +490,9 @@ implementation encapsulates the functionality of malloc(), free() and
realloc() in one call, which is why it is useful to be able to pass
around a single function pointer.
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+void *talloc_autofree_context(void);
+
+This is a handy utility function that returns a talloc context
+which will be automatically freed on program exit. This can be used
+to reduce the noise in memory leak reports.