[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] eal: fix memory leak when removing event_cb
David Marchand
david.marchand at redhat.com
Fri Jul 3 09:23:02 CEST 2020
On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:47 PM wangyunjian <wangyunjian at huawei.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
>
> The event_cb->dev_name is not freed when freeing event_cb,
> and this causes a memory leak.
>
> Fixes: a753e53d517b ("eal: add device event monitor framework")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
> index 9e4f09d..4cfdb80 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
> @@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ static int cmp_dev_name(const struct rte_device *dev, const void *_name)
> */
> if (event_cb->active == 0) {
> TAILQ_REMOVE(&dev_event_cbs, event_cb, next);
> + if (event_cb->dev_name)
> + free(event_cb->dev_name);
No need for the check, free handles a NULL pointer just fine.
Please, could you update your series/patches status in patchwork?
I am a bit lost at what is superseded or not.
Thanks.
--
David Marchand
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