Remove self-reference in PelIfd::$maker_notes
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`PelIfd::$maker_notes["parent"]` is always `$this` (there is only one caller of `PelIfd::setMakerNotes()`). However, adding `$this` to the array leads to a reference of a `PelIfd` instance to itself. As a result that `PelIfd` instance can not be cleaned up right away after all references to it go away (as the ref_count remains at 1 - the one to itself). Only at garbage collection time the garbage cycle is detected and that instance is cleaned up. This is an issue in case big images are processed one after another. In that scenario `PelIfd::$maker_notes['data']` contains the full image data (i.e. multiple MB) and is only released upon garbage collection time - which is not right away. Garbage memory is piling up and running out of memory is easily possible and the program might crash with `"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of xxx bytes exhausted"`. Removes the self-reference in the `PelIfd::$maker_notes` array. fixes: FileEye#6
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Thank you, the changes are sensible, however I am not keen to touch maker note related code for the moment. Test coverage is very fragile for this part. We need first to address #8 . |
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Removes the self-reference in the
PelIfd::$maker_notesarray as described in issue #6.Fixes: #6