Re: [PATCH] kbuild: implement modules.order

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007 18:11:49 Tejun Heo wrote:
> WANG Cong wrote:
> >>> I think, you forgot to free(3) the memory you calloc(3)'ed and
> >>> malloc(3)'ed above.
> >>
> >> It's a simple program where whole body is in main().  Why bother?
> >> What's the benefit of adding hash-table iterating free logic?
> >
> > Personally, I think memory leaks are bugs. And we hate bugs. ;)
>
> Trust me.  As a person buried alive in bug reports, I hate bugs too.  I
> just don't agree that this type of programs should free all its
> resources before exiting.  How about adding a comment saying /* we're
> going out anyway, don't bother freeing hashtable */?

I too once battled with the moral dilemma of freeing in programs that exit.

Then in 2001, I was moving out of a house which was to be demolished.  The 
landlord insisted that we pay for the carpets to be cleaned.  My wife still 
uses it as a canonical example of wasteful idiocy.

So I hope this has contributed to your enlightenment, as it did to mine.
Rusty.