Memory Leak in FlistToStr Called During PCM_OP_CUST_COMMIT_CUSTOMER (Doc ID 2466306.1)

Last updated on MAY 20, 2022

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Symptoms

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
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Memory leak is observed in flistToStr function called during PCM_OP_CUST_COMMIT_CUSTOMER to create an account associated with a business profile.

DETAILS
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• During customer creation with OP_CUST_COMMIT_CUSTOMER opcode, by passing a business profile object in the input flist, pin_business_profile.xml script gets called inside which there is a call to flistToStr
• Memory leaks are being caused due to flistToStr function used in pin_business_profile.xml, while printing debug messages as shown in below line :-
  
             pinlog(3, "Search Flist\n" + flistToStr( search ) );
  
  
• If this line (for printing these debug messages) is commented, memory leaks are getting reduced which clearly indicates that memory leaks are present in flistToStr
• BayMem tool has been used in these tests to detect the memory leaks.
• Below is a snippet from the report showing the stack trace of one such memory leak :
  

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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There should be no memory leak.

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