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-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Objects/moduleobject.c2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 69c42d27b3..fee788f7b4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #4838: When a module is deallocated, free the memory backing the
+ optional module state data.
+
- Issue #4910: Rename nb_long slot to nb_reserved, and change its
type to (void *).
diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 9c705b888d..0c6032fbe8 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ module_dealloc(PyModuleObject *m)
_PyModule_Clear((PyObject *)m);
Py_DECREF(m->md_dict);
}
+ if (m->md_state != NULL)
+ PyMem_FREE(m->md_state);
Py_TYPE(m)->tp_free((PyObject *)m);
}