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Subject: Re: ca question
From: [email protected] (Jeff Hill)
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 17:15:58 MDT
R3.12 BUG Report 
(CA client fails to properly clear event when channel is disconnected)

SYMPTOM:
Assert failure in bucketLib.c when ALH/probe exit and the IOC is 
disconnected.

FIX:
Properly clear event resource when IOC is disconnected.
A patch will end up in a 3.12 bug fix release.

EXPLANATION:
This bug occurs when all of the following are true:

o You called ca_clear_event() prior to calling ca_clear_channel() instead
	of calling only ca_clear_channel() (and letting it clear the event).
o The channel was disconnected when you cleared the event.

It appears that this leak has existed for a very long time and was not
detected because most applications call ca_clear_channel() to clear
both the event and the channel. This was caught because the new resource 
id table code didnt allow itself to be deleted while a resource id was still 
in use.

Jeff

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