From 227f8bddd29f760e26258e8dab849bb674e877dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnout Engelen <arnouten@bzzt.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:30:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] we don't need to strdup the device name

---
 process.cpp | 2 +-
 process.h   | 7 +++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/process.cpp b/process.cpp
index 4d2923d..65c116c 100644
--- a/process.cpp
+++ b/process.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern std::map <std::string, unsigned long> conninode;
  * * unknown TCP traffic
  * * UDP traffic
  * * unknown IP traffic
- * We must take care this one never gets removed from the list.
+ * We must take care these never get removed from the list.
  */
 Process * unknowntcp; 
 Process * unknownudp; 
diff --git a/process.h b/process.h
index 3fbf0e5..d33db42 100644
--- a/process.h
+++ b/process.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ private:
 class Process
 {
 public:
-	/* the process makes a copy of the device name and name. */
+	/* the process makes a copy of the name. the device name needs to be stable. */
 	Process (unsigned long m_inode, const char * m_devicename, const char * m_name = NULL)
 	{
 		//std::cout << "ARN: Process created with dev " << m_devicename << std::endl;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
 		else
 			name = strdup(m_name);
 
-		devicename = strdup(m_devicename);
+		devicename = m_devicename;
 		connections = NULL;
 		pid = 0;
 		uid = 0;
@@ -90,14 +90,13 @@ public:
 	~Process ()
 	{
 		free (name);
-		free (devicename);
 		if (DEBUG)
 			std::cout << "PROC: Process deleted at " << this << std::endl;
 	}
 	int getLastPacket ();
 
 	char * name;
-	char * devicename;
+	const char * devicename;
 	int pid;
 
 	unsigned long inode;