tty, win: memory leak in read callback
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Description
- Platform: Windows
Please see https://github.com/libuv/help/issues/92 for a test case.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the test case in libuv/help#92 and trace the Windows tty read callback mentioned in this issue. Identify how the callback retains memory and reproduce the leak on Windows. Done means the test case no longer reports a leak without regressing tty reads.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100