From ebdac7ddde1a8ecca21f16cd308f87ef21221a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Schumann <o.j.schumann@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:11:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed memory leak in reading of statepoint

---
 src/state_point.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/state_point.cpp b/src/state_point.cpp
index 51de512163..9ea0459153 100644
--- a/src/state_point.cpp
+++ b/src/state_point.cpp
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ std::string dtype_member_names(hid_t dtype_id)
   int nmembers = H5Tget_nmembers(dtype_id);
   std::string names;
   for (int i = 0; i < nmembers; i++) {
-    names = names.append(H5Tget_member_name(dtype_id, i));
+    char* name = H5Tget_member_name(dtype_id, i);
+    names = names.append(name);
+    H5free_memory(name);
     if (i < nmembers - 1)
       names += ", ";
   }