[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #17051: Fix a memory leak in os.path.isdir() on Windows. Patch by Robert

Mon Jan 28 19:22:50 CET 2013

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4deb294ff567
changeset: 81794:4deb294ff567
branch: 2.7
parent: 81790:af354c518b86
user: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com>
date: Mon Jan 28 20:19:50 2013 +0200
summary:
 Issue #17051: Fix a memory leak in os.path.isdir() on Windows. Patch by Robert Xiao.
files:
 Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
 Modules/posixmodule.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #17051: Fix a memory leak in os.path.isdir() on Windows. Patch by
+ Robert Xiao.
+
 - Issue #9290: In IDLE the sys.std* streams now implement io.TextIOBase
 interface and support all mandatory methods and properties.
 
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -4229,6 +4229,7 @@
 return NULL;
 
 attributes = GetFileAttributesA(path);
+ PyMem_Free(path);
 if (attributes == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
 Py_RETURN_FALSE;
 
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
