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Re: [PATCH 3/5] remove deleted BFDs from the archive cache
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:02:18AM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Another possible fix for this bug would be to allocate the areltdata
> using malloc. That way it would be immune to the objalloc_free call.
> This would require a few more tweaks, like properly freeing it in
> _bfd_delete_bfd, etc.
>
> I'm happy to make and test this change if you think it would be better.
Yes, I do think that would be better. bfd_free_cached_info is called
only in one place, and the whole point of the call is as the comment
says
/* Now ask the BFD to free up any cached information, so we
don't fill all of memory with symbol tables. */
If you don't free the bfd memory there isn't much point in having
bfd_free_cached_info!
> * opncls.c (_bfd_delete_bfd): Check to see if section htab is
> already freed.
This part can be committed now if you like.
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM