Memory Leak when using DirectorySearcher.FindAll()

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As strange as it may be, it seems that the memory leak only occurs if you don’t do anything with the search results. Modifying the code in the question as follows does not leak any memory:

using (var src = mySearcher.FindAll())
{
   var enumerator = src.GetEnumerator();
   enumerator.MoveNext();
}

This seems to be caused by the internal searchObject field having lazy initialization , looking at SearchResultCollection with Reflector :

internal UnsafeNativeMethods.IDirectorySearch SearchObject
{
    get
    {
        if (this.searchObject == null)
        {
            this.searchObject = (UnsafeNativeMethods.IDirectorySearch) this.rootEntry.AdsObject;
        }
        return this.searchObject;
    }
}

The dispose will not close the unmanaged handle unless searchObject is initialized.

protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
    if (!this.disposed)
    {
        if (((this.handle != IntPtr.Zero) && (this.searchObject != null)) && disposing)
        {
            this.searchObject.CloseSearchHandle(this.handle);
            this.handle = IntPtr.Zero;
        }
    ..
   }
}

Calling MoveNext on the ResultsEnumerator calls the SearchObject on the collection thus making sure it is disposed properly as well.

public bool MoveNext()
{
  ..
  int firstRow = this.results.SearchObject.GetFirstRow(this.results.Handle);
  ..
}

The leak in my application was due to some other unmanaged buffer not being released properly and the test I made was misleading. The issue is resolved now.

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