lib/45627: unclear memory leaks

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>Number:         45627
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       unclear memory leaks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 17 21:15:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Martin Husemann
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.56
>Organization:
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD krups.duskware.de 5.99.56 NetBSD 5.99.56 (MP3) #41: Thu Nov 17 
20:22:24 CET 2011 
martin%night-porter.duskware.de@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/MP3 
sparc
Architecture: sparc
Machine: sparc
>Description:

The below test program (intended to test for something else originally)
prints random 64bit numbers in an endless loop. It uses no dynamic
allocations once it enters the loop, nevertheless the program increases
its memory size constantly (and pretty fast). On a sparc with typical
memory  configurations it gets killed after an hour or so.

>How-To-Repeat:

cc -O2 -Wall -o t_snprintf t_snprintf.c && ./t_snprintf

with t_snptrinf.c being:
--8<--
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        union {
                double d;
                uint64_t bits;
        } u;
        uint32_t ul, uh;
        time_t now;
        char buf[1000];

        time(&now);
        srand(now);
        for (;;) {
                ul = rand();
                uh = rand();
                u.bits = (uint64_t)uh << 32 | ul;

                printf("\r%08" PRIx64 "  ", u.bits); fflush(stdout);
                snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, " %.2f", u.d);
//              printf("as double: %s\n\n", buf);
        }

        return 0;
}
-->8--

>Fix:
n/a