[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] virtio: fix memory leak of virtqueue memzones

Tan, Jianfeng jianfeng.tan at intel.com
Thu Apr 28 04:01:06 CEST 2016


Hi Yuanhan,


On 4/28/2016 6:37 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:32:12PM +0000, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
>> Issue: When virtio was proposed in DPDK, there is no API to free memzones.
>> But this has changed since rte_memzone_free() has been implemented by
>> commit ff909fe21f.
> The more proper way to reference a commit is
>
> 	commit_id ("$commit_subject")
>
> Like what the fixline does.

OK.

>
>> This patch is to make sure memzones in struct virtqueue, like mz and
>> virtio_net_hdr_mz, are freed when queue is released or setup fails.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.h |  2 +-
>>   drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c   |  4 +--
>>   3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> index 63a368a..54eacf6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
>> @@ -261,12 +261,18 @@ virtio_set_multiple_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t nb_queues)
>>   }
>>   
>>   void
>> -virtio_dev_queue_release(struct virtqueue *vq) {
>> +virtio_dev_queue_release(struct virtqueue *vq, int io_related)
>> +{
>>   	struct virtio_hw *hw;
>>   
>>   	if (vq) {
>>   		hw = vq->hw;
>> -		hw->vtpci_ops->del_queue(hw, vq);
>> +		if (io_related)
>> +			hw->vtpci_ops->del_queue(hw, vq);
> What is "io_related" supposed to mean here, queue has been started/set
> up? If so, "started" might be better. And remember to put it into the vq
> struct: we don't need an extra parameter for that.

Good suggestion.

>
>> +
>> +		rte_memzone_free(vq->mz);
>> +		if (vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz)
>> +			rte_memzone_free(vq->virtio_net_hdr_mz);
>>   
>>   		rte_free(vq->sw_ring);
>>   		rte_free(vq);
>> @@ -286,6 +292,7 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
>>   	unsigned int vq_size, size;
>>   	struct virtio_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
>>   	struct virtqueue *vq = NULL;
>> +	const char *queue_names[] = {"rvq", "txq", "cvq"};
>>   
>>   	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "setting up queue: %u", vtpci_queue_idx);
>>   
>> @@ -305,34 +312,34 @@ int virtio_dev_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
>>   		return -EINVAL;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	if (queue_type == VTNET_RQ) {
>> -		snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_rvq%d",
>> -			dev->data->port_id, queue_idx);
>> -		vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue) +
>> -			vq_size * sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
>> -		vq->sw_ring = rte_zmalloc_socket("rxq->sw_ring",
>> -			(RTE_PMD_VIRTIO_RX_MAX_BURST + vq_size) *
>> -			sizeof(vq->sw_ring[0]), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
>> -	} else if (queue_type == VTNET_TQ) {
>> -		snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_tvq%d",
>> -			dev->data->port_id, queue_idx);
>> -		vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue) +
>> -			vq_size * sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
>> -	} else if (queue_type == VTNET_CQ) {
>> -		snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_cvq",
>> -			dev->data->port_id);
>> -		vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue) +
>> -			vq_size * sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra),
>> -			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
>> +	if (queue_type < VTNET_RQ || queue_type > VTNET_RQ) {
>> +		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "invalid queue type: %d", queue_type);
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>>   	}
>> +
>> +	snprintf(vq_name, sizeof(vq_name), "port%d_%s%d",
>> +		 dev->data->port_id, queue_names[queue_type], queue_idx);
>> +	vq = rte_zmalloc(vq_name, sizeof(struct virtqueue) +
>> +			 vq_size * sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra),
>> +			 RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> This is a cleanup, a good cleanup. So, make a patch for that, and do
> NOT mix cleanup and fix in one single patch, which is something I
> have told you quite few times, right?

You mean submit a specific patch for cleanup or just another commit 
inside this patch set?

Thanks,
Jianfeng

>
>
> 	--yliu



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