[Python-Dev] cpython: Fix memory leak in pyexpat PyUnknownEncodingHandler
Christian Heimes
christian at python.org
Sat Jun 29 21:51:19 CEST 2013
Am 29.06.2013 21:29, schrieb R. David Murray:
> I don't know if this is the commit at fault or not, but we are seeing
> segfaults in test_xml_etree on the buildbots now.
Yeah, it's my fault. Thanks!
>> u = PyUnicode_Decode((char*) template_buffer, 256, name, "replace");
>> - if (u == NULL || PyUnicode_READY(u))wr
>> + Py_DECREF(u);
>> return XML_STATUS_ERROR;
>> + }
Py_DECREF() is wrong as u can be NULL. I have changed the code to use
Py_XDECREF().
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