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From: paul@ppgbms (Paul Evan Matz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Is there a convention for the use of xdr_destroy() and xdr_free()?
Keywords: xdr_destroy xdr_free
Message-ID: <21476@ppgbms.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 89 15:16:05 GMT
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Organization: PPG Biomedical Sys., Pleasantville, NY.
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I assume this is the right group to ask this question, since NFS is built
using rpc and xdr (and if not the right group, please direct me to the
proper one).  I was wondering if there were any general conventions
for the use of xdr_destroy() and xdr_free()?  I imagine that it may be
implementation dependant.

I gather that xdr_free() frees any memory malloced during an XDR_DECODE
operation (for strings, etc.), and that xdr_destroy() is the inverse of
the xdrxxx_create() calls.  What exactly is destroyed?  Clearly not the
"XDR xdrs;" auto variable.  Perhaps just the data area pointed to by
x_private?


Thanks (wishful thinking)
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