in_tail: fix memory leak when using generic unicode conversion.

pwhelan · edsiper · commit 91078959b97d · 2025-08-26T07:11:53.000-06:00
Signed-off-by: Phillip Adair Stewart Whelan &lt;phillip.whelan@chronosphere.io&gt;
diff --git a/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c b/plugins/in_tail/tail_file.c
@@ -651,12 +651,11 @@ static int process_content(struct flb_tail_file *file, size_t *bytes)
         file->last_processed_bytes += processed_bytes;
     }
 
-#ifdef FLB_HAVE_UNICODE_ENCODER
     if (decoded) {
         flb_free(decoded);
         decoded = NULL;
     }
-#endif
+
     file->parsed = file->buf_len;
 
     if (lines > 0) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -651,12 +651,11 @@ static int process_content(struct flb_tail_file file, size_t bytes)`
`651`	`651`	`file->last_processed_bytes += processed_bytes;`
`652`	`652`	`}`
`653`	`653`
`654`		`-#ifdef FLB_HAVE_UNICODE_ENCODER`
`655`	`654`	`if (decoded) {`
`656`	`655`	`flb_free(decoded);`
`657`	`656`	`decoded = NULL;`
`658`	`657`	`}`
`659`		`-#endif`
	`658`	`+`
`660`	`659`	`file->parsed = file->buf_len;`
`661`	`660`
`662`	`661`	`if (lines > 0) {`