[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib/librte_vhost: fix memory leak

Yong Wang wang.yong19 at zte.com.cn
Wed Jan 4 04:57:55 CET 2017


In function vhost_new_device(), current code dose not free 'dev'
in "i == MAX_VHOST_DEVICE" condition statements. It will lead to a
memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <wang.yong19 at zte.com.cn>
---
 lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c
index 31825b8..e415093 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ struct virtio_net *
 	if (i == MAX_VHOST_DEVICE) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_CONFIG,
 			"Failed to find a free slot for new device.\n");
+		rte_free(dev);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.1




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