[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] rte_sched: correctly free allocated subport memory

Hrvoje Habjanic hrvoje.habjanic at zg.ht.hr
Sat May 30 10:05:37 CEST 2020


On 27. 05. 2020. 13:48, Singh, Jasvinder wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Hrvoje Habjanic
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 6:25 PM
>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] rte_sched: correctly free allocated subport
>> memory
>>
>> In function rte_sched_subport_free (lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c, line 865),
>> there is code to free all allocated stuff related to scheduler subport. First
>> there are some checks, and in the end, rte_bitmap_free is called.
>>
>> Now, rte_bitmap_free is a dummy function, and it just checks if provided
>> pointer to bitmap is valid or not. So, actual memory for subport is not freed.
>>
>> This patch fixes this by removing call to rte_bitmap_free, and instead calling
>> rte_free.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hrvoje Habjanic <hrvoje.habjanic at zg.ht.hr>
>> ---
>>  lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c index
>> c0983ddda..f15a3b515 100644
>> --- a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
>> +++ b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
>> @@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ rte_sched_subport_free(struct rte_sched_port *port,
>>  		}
>>  	}
>>
>> -	rte_bitmap_free(subport->bmp);
>> +	rte_free(subport);
>>  }
>>
>>  void
>> --
>> 2.17.1
> Hi Hrvoje;
>
> I guess this is your first patch to dpdk.org, here are some suggestions when you send bug fixes;

Yes, it is.

>
> - When sending fixes, please use "fix" word in the subject line, e.g- rte_sched: fix subport memory leak
> - The commit message should include commit id corresponding to the line that you fixes as shown below for this case. 
>    Fixes: d9213b829a31 ("sched: remove pipe params config from port level")

OK, noted, thank you.

> Patch looks good to me.

Great.

As s side note, it would be nice if this could be backported to 19.11 LTS.

Regards,

H.

>
> Acked-by: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh at intel.com>
>
>


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