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-rw-r--r--libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c b/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
index dafc707..5c9f4c2 100644
--- a/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
+++ b/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ static void interruptcallback(gchar* handle) {
*/
VXI11Context* glue_open(char* address, char* device) {
- VXI11Context* context = malloc(sizeof(VXI11Context));
+ VXI11Context* context = g_malloc(sizeof(VXI11Context));
if (context == NULL )
return NULL ;
- int err = vxi11_open(context, address, device);
+ int ret = vxi11_open(context, address, device);
+ // if the connection fails dump the context and return null
+ // so perl can see what happened
+ if (ret < 1) {
+ g_free(context);
+ context = NULL;
+ }
return context;
}