Re: [PATCH] xfs_spaceman: fix potential memory leak by malloc in scan_ag

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>]

On 6/29/17 10:59 AM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:52:56AM -0500, Bill O'Donnell wrote:
>> scan_ag mallocs memory that is potentially leaked. Add a free
>> to alleviate the potential leak.
>>
>> Fixes CoverityScan CID#1413772 (RESOURCE_LEAK)
> 
> /me feels like the coverity tags he's seen tend to take the format of:
> 
>     Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1091173
> or
>     Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1419681 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
> 
> though to be honest I don't know that there's really a standard.
> 
> <shrug> It probably ought to use one of the two more common formats, but
> maybe I can just ask Eric to prettyplease fix it on the way in. :)

Agreed, will do.

(there are a couple different formats already in the history, but
best not to invent more as we go) :)

-Eric

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Bill O'Donnell <billodo@redhat.com>
> 
> Looks ok,
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> 
> --D
> 
>> ---
>>  spaceman/freesp.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/spaceman/freesp.c b/spaceman/freesp.c
>> index 22aec821..367c95d1 100644
>> --- a/spaceman/freesp.c
>> +++ b/spaceman/freesp.c
>> @@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ scan_ag(
>>  			printf(_("%10u %10llu %10llu\n"), agno, freeexts,
>>  					freeblks);
>>  	}
>> +	free(fsmap);
>>  }
>> +
>>  static void
>>  aglistadd(
>>  	char		*a)
>> -- 
>> 2.13.0
>>
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