[EXT] Re: [PATCH v5] app/mldev: add internal function for file read

[Srikanth Yalavarthi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Sent: 07 June 2023 22:19
> To: Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi at marvell.com>
> Cc: Anup Prabhu <aprabhu at marvell.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Shivah Shankar
> Shankar Narayan Rao <sshankarnara at marvell.com>; Prince Takkar
> <ptakkar at marvell.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v5] app/mldev: add internal function for file read
> 
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> On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 09:20:30 -0700
> Srikanth Yalavarthi <syalavarthi at marvell.com> wrote:
> The normal case leaks the open file descriptor
> 
> +
> +	file_map = mmap(0, file_stat.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd,
> 0);
> +	if (file_map == MAP_FAILED) {
> +		ml_err("Failed to map file: %s\n", file);
> +		ret = -errno;
> +		goto error;
> +	}
> +
> +	rte_memcpy(file_buffer, file_map, file_stat.st_size);
> +	munmap(file_map, file_stat.st_size);
> +
> +	*size = file_stat.st_size;
> +	*buffer = file_buffer;
> +
> +	return 0;
> 
> Missing close()
> 
> > +	if (buffer)
> > +		free(buffer);
> > +
> 
> Another needless if()

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