GHashTableIter iter; gpointer key, value; g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, handle_cache); while (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, &key, &value)) { CacheEntry *entry = value; if (entry->ref_count == 0 && (now - entry->last_access) > max_age_seconds) { to_remove = g_list_prepend(to_remove, key); } }
// Store in cache (use user_id as key) int *key = malloc(sizeof(int)); *key = user_id; g_hash_table_insert(handle_cache, key, new_entry);
pthread_mutex_unlock(&cache_lock); } A cache without eviction is a memory leak. handle-with-cache.c should implement a policy like LRU (Least Recently Used) or TTL (Time To Live) . handle-with-cache.c
// The cache itself (often a global or passed context) static GHashTable *handle_cache = NULL; static pthread_mutex_t cache_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; This function does the actual heavy lifting – creating a handle from scratch.
// Find the entry for this profile (simplified; real code needs reverse mapping) GHashTableIter iter; gpointer key, value; g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, handle_cache); while (g_hash_table_iter_next(&iter, &key, &value)) { CacheEntry *entry = value; if (entry->profile == profile) { entry->ref_count--; if (entry->ref_count == 0) { // Last reference - we could evict immediately or mark as stale printf("No more references to user %d, marking for eviction\n", *(int*)key); } break; } } // Find the entry for this profile (simplified;