[PATCH 06/15] acl: add allocation function attributes

[Stephen Hemminger]

Use function attributes to catch cases where acl table is allocated
but not freed correctly.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/acl/rte_acl.h | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/acl/rte_acl.h b/lib/acl/rte_acl.h
index ca75a6f220..b95f8778c3 100644
--- a/lib/acl/rte_acl.h
+++ b/lib/acl/rte_acl.h
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ struct rte_acl_param {
 };
 
 
+/** @internal opaque ACL handle */
+struct rte_acl_ctx;
+
+/**
+ * De-allocate all memory used by ACL context.
+ *
+ * @param ctx
+ *   ACL context to free
+ *   If ctx is NULL, no operation is performed.
+ */
+void
+rte_acl_free(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx);
+
 /**
  * Create a new ACL context.
  *
@@ -145,7 +158,8 @@ struct rte_acl_param {
  *   - EINVAL - invalid parameter passed to function
  */
 struct rte_acl_ctx *
-rte_acl_create(const struct rte_acl_param *param);
+rte_acl_create(const struct rte_acl_param *param)
+	__rte_malloc __rte_dealloc(rte_acl_free, 1);
 
 /**
  * Find an existing ACL context object and return a pointer to it.
@@ -160,16 +174,6 @@ rte_acl_create(const struct rte_acl_param *param);
 struct rte_acl_ctx *
 rte_acl_find_existing(const char *name);
 
-/**
- * De-allocate all memory used by ACL context.
- *
- * @param ctx
- *   ACL context to free
- *   If ctx is NULL, no operation is performed.
- */
-void
-rte_acl_free(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx);
-
 /**
  * Add rules to an existing ACL context.
  * This function is not multi-thread safe.
-- 
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