Re: BUG in MFC vc2008!
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:13:05 +0300, "Daniel Cohen Gindi"
<danielgindi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Microsoft's guys! :-)
I have detected a bug in MFC, with vc2008!
Take a look at afxstate.cpp:
Line 185-190:
m_pDllIsolationWrappers = new
CDllIsolationWrapperBase*[_AFX_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_ARRAY_SIZE];
#ifndef _AFX_NO_AFXCMN_SUPPORT
m_pDllIsolationWrappers[_AFX_COMCTL32_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_INDEX] = new
CComCtlWrapper;
#endif
m_pDllIsolationWrappers[_AFX_COMMDLG_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_INDEX] = new
CCommDlgWrapper;
m_pDllIsolationWrappers[_AFX_SHELL_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_INDEX] = new
CShellWrapper;
Then line 335-339:
#ifndef _AFX_NO_AFXCMN_SUPPORT
delete m_pDllIsolationWrappers[_AFX_COMCTL32_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_INDEX];
#endif
delete m_pDllIsolationWrappers[_AFX_COMMDLG_ISOLATION_WRAPPER_INDEX];
delete [] m_pDllIsolationWrappers;
Now see - the wrapper for SHELL32.DLL is not freed!
Only two of three wrappers are freed, then the array is freed.
I have used Visual Leak Detector, to find if any leaks are present in my
server program , and I found one, which was a CString allocation, and it was
originated in the CShellWrapper::CShellWrapper, which is called in line 190
of afxstate.cpp.
Should I recompile mfc myself? or any fix is pending...
File a bug on Connect as suggested, but don't even think about recompiling
MFC unless this is a leak that grows over time. If it occurs only when a
program exits, it isn't really a leak, as the OS will reclaim the memory
anyway. If it occurs when a DLL is dynamically unloaded, it's a problem
only if the DLL is frequently loaded and unloaded.
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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