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From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 3] libxl: memory leaks
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:51:47 +0100
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On 03/08/10 11:18, Gianni Tedesco (3P) wrote:
> I wasn't aware that was the original design. It's certainly not the case
> right now.

it has unfortunately diverged in some calls indeed.

> AFAICS that scheme would only guarantee everything has been freed if the
> caller calls ctx_free() at appropriate points. If libxl were used in a
> daemon, for example, it would not be simple to come up with a scheme
> that guarantees memory bounds that are independent from uptime.

This scheme is already in place in the ocaml binding

-- 
Vincent