[35/43] jiffy commit: updated refs/heads/upstream to 446e284

[kx...@apache.org]

Fix memory leak when encoding bare bignums

This fixes a leak when encoding a bare bignum. Technically it would be
possible to hit this memory leak randomly with bignums in objects but
the chances are highly unlikely.

Thanks to @miriampena for the issue.

Fixes #69


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/commit/6318efa7
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/tree/6318efa7
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/diff/6318efa7

Branch: refs/heads/upstream
Commit: 6318efa7987b4f0531a9401614b0c717e81b75b9
Parents: b6afb14
Author: Paul J. Davis <pa...@gmail.com>
Authored: Tue Sep 30 17:03:37 2014 -0500
Committer: Paul J. Davis <pa...@gmail.com>
Committed: Tue Sep 30 17:05:37 2014 -0500

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 c_src/encoder.c                      | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 test/jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak.erl | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/blob/6318efa7/c_src/encoder.c
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diff --git a/c_src/encoder.c b/c_src/encoder.c
index ac4935d..471cfcc 100644
--- a/c_src/encoder.c
+++ b/c_src/encoder.c
@@ -205,17 +205,22 @@ enc_unknown(Encoder* e, ERL_NIF_TERM value)
     // a bignum might produce when encoded.
     e->iosize += e->i + 16;
 
-    // Reinitialize our binary for the next buffer.
-    e->curr = bin;
-    if(!enif_alloc_binary(BIN_INC_SIZE, e->curr)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
+    // Reinitialize our binary for the next buffer if we
+    // used any data in the buffer. If we haven't used any
+    // bytes in the buffer then we can safely reuse it
+    // for anything following the unknown value.
+    if(e->i > 0) {
+        e->curr = bin;
+        if(!enif_alloc_binary(BIN_INC_SIZE, e->curr)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
 
-    memset(e->curr->data, 0, e->curr->size);
+        memset(e->curr->data, 0, e->curr->size);
 
-    e->p = (char*) e->curr->data;
-    e->u = (unsigned char*) e->curr->data;
-    e->i = 0;
+        e->p = (char*) e->curr->data;
+        e->u = (unsigned char*) e->curr->data;
+        e->i = 0;        
+    }
 
     return 1;
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-jiffy/blob/6318efa7/test/jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak.erl
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diff --git a/test/jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak.erl b/test/jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df3f4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+% This file is part of Jiffy released under the MIT license.
+% See the LICENSE file for more information.
+
+-module(jiffy_14_bignum_memory_leak).
+
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+
+bignum_encoding_leak_test_() ->
+    run_gc(),
+    Before = erlang:memory(binary),
+    encode_bignums(1000000),
+    run_gc(),
+    After = erlang:memory(binary),
+    ?_assert(After - Before < 100000).
+
+
+run_gc() ->
+    [erlang:garbage_collect(Pid) || Pid <- erlang:processes()].
+
+
+encode_bignums(N) ->
+    {_, Ref} = spawn_monitor(fun() ->
+        [jiffy:encode(1072502107250210725021072502) || _ <- lists:seq(1, N)]
+    end),
+    receive
+        {'DOWN', Ref, process, _, _} ->
+            ok
+    end.