Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/2] ipc: fix possible memleaks

["Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>]

On 03-May-19 9:34 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 25/04/2019 14:48, Herakliusz Lipiec:
>> When sending multiple requests, rte_mp_request_sync
>> can succeed sending a few of those requests, but then
>> fail on a later one and in the end return with rc=-1.
>> The upper layers - e.g. device hotplug - currently
>> handles this case as if no messages were sent and no
>> memory for response buffers was allocated, which is
>> not true. Fixed by always initializing message buffer
>> to NULL and calling free everytime rte_mp_request_sync
>> is used.
>>
>> v2:
>> - resending as patchset to make it easier to review it.
> 
> Heraliusz, it's a total mess.
> There were 8 patches in v2. Why they disappeared?
> The title prefixes are often wrong, so it's harder to classify them.
> 
> Should I merge all these patches?
>    ipc: fix rte_mp_request_sync memleak
>    ipc: fix hotplug memleak
>    ipc: fix vdev memleak
>    ipc: fix vfio memleak
>    ipc: fix pdump memleak
>    ipc: fix tap pmd memleak
>    ipc: fix net/mlx4 memleak
>    ipc: fix net/mlx5 memleak
> 

Hi Thomas,

you've also skipped the following:

 > v3:
 > - rework of the patchset
 > - caller is no longer responsible for freeing buffers on failure
 > - caller still has to free response buffers on success

the v3 was where the 8 patch patchset was reworked into two-patch 
patchset, because we've changed our approach.

So no, those 8 patches should not be merged - they're superseded by v3 
(well, v4 now).

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Thanks,
Anatoly