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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5FD.c b/src/H5FD.c
index 25a7c25..aea02c2 100644
--- a/src/H5FD.c
+++ b/src/H5FD.c
@@ -851,7 +851,10 @@ H5FDclose(H5FD_t *file)
* Wednesday, August 4, 1999
*
* Modifications:
- *
+ * Robb Matzke, 2000-11-10
+ * Removed a call to set *file to all zero because the struct
+ * has already been freed by the close method. This fixes a write
+ * to freed memory.
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
herr_t
@@ -868,8 +871,9 @@ H5FD_close(H5FD_t *file)
FUNC_ENTER(H5FD_close, FAIL);
assert(file && file->cls);
- /* Free all free-lists, leaking any memory thus described */
- /* Also leaks file space allocated but not used when metadata aggregation is turned on */
+ /* Free all free-lists, leaking any memory thus described. Also leaks
+ * file space allocated but not used when metadata aggregation is
+ * turned on. */
for (i=H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT; i<H5FD_MEM_NTYPES; i++) {
for (cur=file->fl[i]; cur; cur=next) {
#ifdef H5F_DEBUG
@@ -913,8 +917,6 @@ H5FD_close(H5FD_t *file)
if ((driver->close)(file)<0) {
HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_VFL, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "close failed");
}
- HDmemset(file, 0, sizeof(H5FD_t));
-
FUNC_LEAVE(SUCCEED);
}