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fix(hardsubx): Fix heap corruption from Rust/C allocator mismatch #1847

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Summary

Fixes heap corruption in hardsubx (burned-in subtitle extraction) that caused garbage OCR output after processing ~27 subtitle frames.

Root Cause

The C code was using free() on strings allocated by Rust's CString::into_raw(). Since Rust and C use different memory allocators, this caused heap corruption that accumulated over time, eventually corrupting the OCR results.

Changes

  • src/rust/src/utils.rs: Export free_rust_c_string() as extern "C" function
  • src/lib_ccx/hardsubx.h: Declare free_rust_c_string() for C code
  • src/lib_ccx/hardsubx_decoder.c:
    • Replace free(subtitle_text) with free_rust_c_string(subtitle_text) for Rust-allocated strings
    • Fix memory leaks in process_hardsubx_linear_frames_and_normal_subs() where subtitle_text_hard and prev_subtitle_text_hard were not freed

Testing

Tool Result Details
AddressSanitizer ✅ PASS No memory errors detected
Valgrind Memcheck ✅ PASS 0 bytes definitely lost, 0 bytes indirectly lost
Manual testing ✅ PASS OCR output correct for entire video duration

Before/After

Before (memory corruption):

Frame 27: An unknown, a civilian. Kyle Reese.
Frame 28: y\na oo,
Frame 29: a\ni ft \\n* ur 2 + '

After (correct output):

Frame 27: Well, who's number one?
Frame 28: An unknown, a civilian. Kyle Reese.
Frame 29: [end of subtitles - no more dialogue]

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cfsmp3 and others added 6 commits December 19, 2025 04:01
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ci: Add triage tracking file for December 2025 CI analysis
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and determine whether each needs a ground truth update or a code fix.

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fix(hardsubx): Fix crash in _dinit_hardsubx due to incorrect freep usage
0e815c6 
The freep() function expects a pointer-to-pointer (void**) so it can
dereference, free, and NULL-out the pointer. The code was passing
lctx->dec_sub directly instead of &lctx->dec_sub.

This caused freep to interpret the first 8 bytes of the cc_subtitle
struct as a pointer and attempt to free() it, resulting in a crash
(SIGABRT/exit code 134) in the memory allocator.

Fixes Test 241 (Hardsubx) crash on Sample Platform.

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fix(hardsubx): Fix multiple memory bugs causing crashes
6399936 
1. Remove invalid free(tessdata_path) - probe_tessdata_location() returns
   a pointer to static strings or getenv() result, not heap memory.

2. Fix alloc-dealloc mismatch in OCR text handling:
   - TessBaseAPIGetUTF8Text() allocates with C++ operator new[]
   - The code was freeing with C free() causing allocator mismatch
   - Now properly copy string and use TessDeleteText() before returning
   - Unified all OCR text return paths to use Rust-allocated strings

3. Previous fix: freep(&lctx->dec_sub) instead of freep(lctx->dec_sub)

These fixes resolve Test 241 (Hardsubx) crash on Sample Platform.

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fix(hardsubx): Fix memory leaks in hardsubx processing
80a117e 
- Free basefilename in _dinit_hardsubx (allocated by get_basename)
- Free subtitle_text after each frame processing iteration
- Free prev_subtitle_text when replaced and at end of function
- Free sws_ctx with sws_freeContext (was never freed)

Reduces memory leaks from 63,926 bytes to 0 bytes.

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@cfsmp3 @claude
fix(hardsubx): Fix heap corruption from Rust/C allocator mismatch
80957d6 
The hardsubx code was using C's free() on strings allocated by Rust's
CString::into_raw(). Since Rust and C use different memory allocators,
this caused heap corruption that manifested as garbage OCR output after
processing ~27 subtitle frames.

Changes:
- Export free_rust_c_string() from Rust as extern "C" function
- Declare free_rust_c_string() in hardsubx.h for C code
- Replace free(subtitle_text) with free_rust_c_string(subtitle_text)
  in hardsubx_decoder.c for Rust-allocated strings
- Fix memory leaks in process_hardsubx_linear_frames_and_normal_subs()
  where subtitle_text_hard and prev_subtitle_text_hard were not freed
- Remove dummy CI trigger file (no longer needed)

Testing:
- AddressSanitizer: No memory errors detected
- Valgrind: 0 bytes definitely lost, 0 bytes indirectly lost
- Manual testing: OCR output now correct for entire video duration

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@cfsmp3 cfsmp3 changed the title ci: Triage failing regression tests (December 2025) fix(hardsubx): Fix heap corruption from Rust/C allocator mismatch Dec 19, 2025
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fix(rcwt): Fix incorrect exit code when captions are found in BIN format
0b74c92 
The rcwt_loop function was returning exit code 10 (no captions) even
when CEA-608 captions were successfully extracted from RCWT/BIN format
files. This happened because CEA-608 decoding writes directly to the
encoder via printdata() without setting dec_sub->got_output.

Add a check after the main loop (similar to general_loop) that also
considers enc_ctx->srt_counter, enc_ctx->cea_708_counter, and
dec_ctx->saw_caption_block to properly detect when captions were found.

Fixes regression test 217 which was failing with exit code 10.

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