Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] memory leak in expert_set_info_vformat (epan/expert.c)

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:47:49 -0800 (PST)
didier wrote:
> Memory allocated with se_alloc is only freed in rescan_packets if
> redissect is true. So expert_info leaks memory rather quickly if you do
> a lot of filtering.

Perhaps we need another allocation scope?  Or perhaps we need a general
mechanism for setting up pools, to allow new allocation scopes to be added
as appropriate?