How do i free memory when my master process ends?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:15:09PM +0530, Adarsh Pugalia wrote:

> I am allocating memory using malloc for some of my variables in my module.
> I know i can call an exit master process, but how do i access my variables
> in that function. I tried finding some examples, but didnt find any. Can
> anyone guide me through this.

Resource allocation and deallocations are usually done with pools 
in nginx.  If you want to do some allocations which aren't from 
pool (e.g., an opened file, or a memory allocated directly with 
malloc() for some reason), it's usually good idea to add a pool 
cleanup to do required deallocation when coresponding pool will be 
destroyed.

Try looking into the code for ngx_pool_cleanup_add(), there are 
lots of examples.

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Maxim Dounin
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