Yeah, I know the problem is that there is a call to get_char_offline and
then unload_char isn't being called to free it, but I'm just not sure what
function is actuall making the call, that's the issue I guess.
- Valnir
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lindsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Valnir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: Rogue Buffers.
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
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