fix(rust-ffi): Prevent dangling pointers in copy_from_rust #1839
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Summary
copy_from_rust()function that caused memory corruptionsettings_dtvcc.timing = NULLinitialization in C'sinit_options()Problem
The
to_ctype()implementations forDecoderDtvccSettingsandDecoder608Settingswere creating temporaries on the stack and returning pointers to them:When
copy_from_rust()calledto_ctype(), these dangling pointers were written to the Cccx_optionsstruct. Later when C code tried to usesettings_dtvcc.reportorsettings_dtvcc.timing, it accessed invalid memory.Valgrind errors before this fix:
Solution
Preserve the original C-managed pointers instead of overwriting them with dangling pointers:
Test plan
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