r6075: added talloc_enable_null_tracking() (asked for by lifeless)

(This used to be commit 40b8ee186af3e7f771c680dbbb03fdcf559bf103)

3 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
index 0d78dd8d24..661282a87d 100644
--- a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.c
@@ -812,11 +812,21 @@ static void talloc_report_null_full(void)
 }
 
 /*
+  enable tracking of the NULL context
+*/
+void talloc_enable_null_tracking(void)
+{
+	if (null_context == NULL) {
+		null_context = talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "null_context");
+	}
+}
+
+/*
   enable leak reporting on exit
 */
 void talloc_enable_leak_report(void)
 {
-	null_context = talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "null_context");
+	talloc_enable_null_tracking();
 	atexit(talloc_report_null);
 }
 
@@ -825,7 +835,7 @@ void talloc_enable_leak_report(void)
 */
 void talloc_enable_leak_report_full(void)
 {
-	null_context = talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "null_context");
+	talloc_enable_null_tracking();
 	atexit(talloc_report_null_full);
 }
 
diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
index f639f3c8cf..8b448f63c5 100644
--- a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ off_t talloc_total_size(const void *ptr);
 off_t talloc_total_blocks(const void *ptr);
 void talloc_report_full(const void *ptr, FILE *f);
 void talloc_report(const void *ptr, FILE *f);
+void talloc_enable_null_tracking(void);
 void talloc_enable_leak_report(void);
 void talloc_enable_leak_report_full(void);
 void *_talloc_zero(const void *ctx, size_t size, const char *name);
diff --git a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
index aca3ab4937..7d6dfa5cb2 100644
--- a/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
+++ b/source4/lib/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ full talloc report on 'root' (total 18 bytes in 8 blocks)
 
 
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+void talloc_enable_null_tracking(void);
+
+This enables tracking of the NULL memory context without enabling leak
+reporting on exit. Useful for when you want to do your own leak
+reporting call via talloc_report_null_full();
+
+
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
 (type *)talloc_zero(const void *ctx, type);
 
 The talloc_zero() macro is equivalent to: