[proof of concept] libwbclient.so

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

> One thing that did come up is the handy use of talloc().
> I thought about this and even built the libsambautil.so
> which included talloc for use by libwbclient.  But in the
> end, I felt like it was unfair to cross the API boundary
> with TALLOC_CTX* and therefore require the calling
> application to use talloc.  I love talloc, but at least for
> right now, I think it is better to stick with malloc().
> 
> This does mean that I've got to find a better way to manage
> memory in wbcLookupRids().  And we take a bit of a hit having
> to copy memory in winbind_lookup_rids().  Suggestions welcome.

One alternative that Danilo (at work) suggested is just
keeping the talloc use internal to the library and wrapping
the talloc_destroy() in a wbcFree() call.  That helps with
the library memory management but not the copying with smbd.




cheers, jerry
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