[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] linuxapp/eal: fix memory leak

Yong Wang wang.yong19 at zte.com.cn
Wed Sep 20 12:08:52 CEST 2017


In func rte_eal_init(), dynamic memory stored in 'logid' allocated
through func 'strdup' is lost when return. Fix it by freeing the memory
before return.

Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <wang.yong19 at zte.com.cn>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 48f12f4..c2f9843 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	int i, fctret, ret;
 	pthread_t thread_id;
 	static rte_atomic32_t run_once = RTE_ATOMIC32_INIT(0);
-	const char *logid;
+	char *logid;
 	char cpuset[RTE_CPU_AFFINITY_STR_LEN];
 	char thread_name[RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
 		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -789,6 +790,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid 'command line' arguments.");
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
 		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -799,6 +801,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot get hugepage information.");
 		rte_errno = EACCES;
 		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -826,6 +829,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init logging.");
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -834,6 +838,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init VFIO\n");
 		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
 		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -841,6 +846,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memory\n");
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -850,24 +856,28 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	if (rte_eal_memzone_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memzone\n");
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n");
 		rte_errno = EFAULT;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
 		/* rte_eal_alarm_init sets rte_errno on failure. */
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
 		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -886,17 +896,20 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 
 	if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (eal_option_device_parse()) {
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (rte_bus_scan()) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n");
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -941,6 +954,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	if (ret) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("rte_service_init() failed\n");
 		rte_errno = ENOEXEC;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -948,6 +962,7 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	if (rte_bus_probe()) {
 		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot probe devices\n");
 		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -957,10 +972,12 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
 	ret = rte_service_start_with_defaults();
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOTSUP) {
 		rte_errno = ENOEXEC;
+		free(logid);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
+	free(logid);
 
 	return fctret;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1



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