Initial memory cleanup work

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/server/util/memory.c b/server/util/memory.c
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+#include "util/util.h"
+
+/*
+ * talloc_takeover
+ * This function will take a non-talloc pointer and add it to a talloc
+ * memory context. It will accept a destructor for the original pointer
+ * so that when the parent memory context is freed, the non-talloc
+ * pointer will also be freed properly.
+ */
+TALLOC_CTX *talloc_takeover(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, void *ptr, int (*destructor)(void **)) {
+    void **handle;
+    
+    if (ptr == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    handle = talloc_named_const(mem_ctx, sizeof(void *), "void *");
+    if (handle == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    *handle = ptr;
+    talloc_set_destructor(handle,destructor);
+    
+    return handle;
+}
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