Hmmm, the only way I can think off the top of my head to track the calling function would be to put a break on the function in gdb and check the stack, only this could take a while, depending on how many players are loading, how many offline players are being loaded, etc... probably a better way is going to be to evaluate what the need for knowing the calling function is... you can probably grep for new_pcdata and come across only a few instances in your entire codebase... I mean, if I even remember correctly (and it's been a whiiiiiiile since I did any actual ROM coding :D), new_pcdata is really only called from a couple places... nanny, I believe, and probably fread_char... and if you've got a function to load offline characters, like pload, or finger, or something like that, then those would be the additional functions that might utilize new_pcdata... but free_char should automatically free_pcdata within it, so as long as you're freeing the CHAR_DATA * variable, the pcdata should be freed along with it... but if you absolutely need to know the calling function at specific points of gameplay, the only thing I can come up w/ right now is using gdb and breakpoints, but I'm far from the best coder, so we'll see if anyone else throws in some additional ideas :)
Richard Lindsey. -----Original Message----- From: Valnir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Rogue Buffers. Hey guys, I've got a little issue. I d/l and installed a snippet from Mud Magic that will track the number of open buffers and tell me from what function they where called. It's working great, and has been really helpful for tracking down stuff that doesn't get freed properly. The issues is as follows. The only open buffers I have that seem to be not getting freed are a few that are called from new_pcdata, and yes, I know that every character that is logged in SHOULD have an open one from there. I have a few more than there are people connected. Does anyone know a way to track back what function CALLED new_pcata? I guess I should say what function called the load_char function, or called the get_char_offline which called the load_char.... You can see why I'm having a problem finding these on my own. Any help is appreciated, thanks! - Valnir -- ROM mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe here ->>> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom -- ROM mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe here ->>> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom
