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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:07:57 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Brian DeForest" <brian.deforest@onstor.com>
Cc: "dl-Software" <dl-software@onstor.com>, "Paul Hammer"
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Subject: Re: the Zonda FOTW (fix of the week) award goes to...
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:58:56 -0700 "Brian DeForest"
<brian.deforest@onstor.com> wrote:

> ...Rendell for fixing 2 major memory leaks, with some additional help
> from dmalloc (and his partner in crime, Jim).  
> 
> This was a case where extensive code inspection AND Coverity were
> insufficient, and instrumenting the code with dmalloc was necessary to
> isolate the leaks.  
> 
> Ron previously received a FOTW award for a memory leak fix in Samba
> (also detected by dmalloc). Ron gets the added bonus of checking in
> the dmalloc code (with a README) when he returns from
> vacation... :-)  We'll want to leverage this for all apps/libraries
> going forward.

So this means that dmalloc has proved to be worth 10 times what we
spent on it, and coverity has proved to be a massive waste of money?  I
hate to say I told you so, but....