Re: [Libjpeg-devel-6x] Possible memory leak in

[Tom L. <tg...@ss...>]

Justin Wetherell <phi...@gm...> writes:
> I believe there is a memory leak in the jpeg_write_scanlines() function. The
> code below takes a frame image from a dc1394 camera and turns it into a jpeg
> inside a while loop. The memory usage increases 0.1% about every 5 seconds
> on an embedded ARM processor with very little memory and processor power.

I'm not sure what jpeg_mem_dest is --- it's not part of libjpeg 6b.
I'd bet the leak is within the code installed by that.  It is very
highly unlikely that a leak in jpeg_write_scanlines proper would
have escaped notice for all these years.

(But are you sure it's a leak at all?  I assume from the name that
this is code meant to store the resulting JPEG data in memory.
Perhaps you're just watching the accumulation of output data?)

			regards, tom lane