I was using libmysql in a project and I always see the exact leak summary 'still reachable: 73,944 bytes in 21 blocks' every time in Valgrind, which shouldn't be there. Later I tested this sample program from this link:
/* Simple C program that connects to MySQL Database server*/
#include <mysql.h>
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
MYSQL *conn;
MYSQL_RES *res;
MYSQL_ROW row;
char *server = "localhost";
char *user = "root";
char *password = "PASSWORD"; /* set me first */
char *database = "mysql";
conn = mysql_init(NULL);
/* Connect to database */
if (!mysql_real_connect(conn, server,
user, password, database, 0, NULL, 0)) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(conn));
exit(1);
}
/* send SQL query */
if (mysql_query(conn, "show tables")) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(conn));
exit(1);
}
res = mysql_use_result(conn);
/* output table name */
printf("MySQL Tables in mysql database:\n");
while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) != NULL)
printf("%s \n", row[0]);
/* close connection */
mysql_free_result(res);
mysql_close(conn);
}
When I run this with Valgrind, I'm still getting:
==22556== LEAK SUMMARY:
==22556== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22556== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22556== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22556== still reachable: 73,944 bytes in 21 blocks
==22556== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
- Is this a cause for worry?
- Is this a bug in libmysql?