[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] net/mlx5: fix memory leak when releasing a drop action
Matan Azrad
matan at nvidia.com
Sun Jul 31 09:02:27 CEST 2022
Hi Yunjian
From: Yunjian Wang
> When the memory for hrxq->action is allocated in mlx5_devx_hrxq_new().
Memory -> resources .. are
> But it was not being freed when the drop action was released in
> mlx5_devx_drop_action_destroy(). These cause a memory leak.
>
> Fixes: bc5bee028ebc ("net/mlx5: create drop queue using DevX")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian at huawei.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
> index 6886ae1f22..171ce5c08a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_devx.c
> @@ -1097,6 +1097,12 @@ mlx5_devx_drop_action_destroy(struct
> rte_eth_dev *dev)
> mlx5_devx_ind_table_destroy(hrxq->ind_table);
> if (priv->drop_queue.rxq->devx_rq.rq != NULL)
> mlx5_rxq_devx_obj_drop_release(dev);
> +#ifdef HAVE_IBV_FLOW_DV_SUPPORT
> + if (hrxq->action != NULL) {
> + mlx5_glue->destroy_flow_action(hrxq->action);
> + hrxq->action = NULL;
> + }
> +#endif
Good catch for the leak.
I think the issue is in mlx5_devx_tir_destroy and not related only to the drop queue management.
So the fix should be for the mlx5_devx_tir_destroy. What do you think?
> }
>
> /**
> --
> 2.27.0
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