[Devel] [PATCH] Fix memory leak in inet_hashtables.h when NUMA is on
Pavel Emelyanov
xemul at openvz.org
Fri Nov 23 08:13:11 PST 2007
The inet_ehash_locks_alloc() looks like this:
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
x = vmalloc(...);
else
#endif
x = kmalloc(...);
Unlike it, the inet_ehash_locks_alloc() looks like this:
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
vfree(x);
else
#else
kfree(x);
#endif
The error is obvious - if the NUMA is on and the size
is less than the PAGE_SIZE we leak the pointer (kfree is
inside the #else branch).
Compiler doesn't warn us because after the kfree(x) there's
a "x = NULL" assignment, so here's another (minor?) bug: we
don't set x to NULL under certain circumstances.
Boring explanation, I know... Patch explains it better.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul at openvz.org>
---
diff --git a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
index 469216d..37f6cb1 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ static inline void inet_ehash_locks_free(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
vfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
else
-#else
- kfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
#endif
+ kfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
hashinfo->ehash_locks = NULL;
}
}
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