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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.5] xl: fix two memory leaks



On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 21:54 +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> There are two invocations of libxl_basename, which returns a malloc'ed
> string. Those strings should be freed after used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> index 9afef3f..716a865 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
> @@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
>      int pci_permissive = 0;
>      int pci_seize = 0;
>      int i, e;
> +    const char *basename;
>  
>      libxl_domain_create_info *c_info = &d_config->c_info;
>      libxl_domain_build_info *b_info = &d_config->b_info;
> @@ -1116,13 +1117,16 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char 
> *config_source,
>  
>      switch(b_info->type) {
>      case LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM:
> -        if (!strcmp(libxl_basename(b_info->kernel), "hvmloader")) {
> +        basename = libxl_basename(b_info->kernel);
> +        if (!strcmp(basename, "hvmloader")) {
>              fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: you seem to be using \"kernel\" "
>                      "directive to override HVM guest firmware. Ignore "
>                      "that. Use \"firmware_override\" instead if you "
>                      "really want a non-default firmware\n");
>              b_info->kernel = NULL;
>          }
> +        free((void*)basename);

I think you should un-const the declaration (in both cases) rather than
adding casts.

> +        basename = NULL;
>  
>          xlu_cfg_replace_string (config, "firmware_override",
>                                  &b_info->u.hvm.firmware, 0);
> @@ -7021,7 +7025,7 @@ int main_cpupoolcreate(int argc, char **argv)
>      int config_len = 0;
>      XLU_Config *config;
>      const char *buf;
> -    const char *name;
> +    const char *name = NULL;
>      uint32_t poolid;
>      libxl_scheduler sched = 0;
>      XLU_ConfigList *cpus;
> @@ -7196,6 +7200,7 @@ out_cfg:
>      xlu_cfg_destroy(config);
>  out:
>      free(config_data);
> +    free((void*)name);
>      return rc;
>  }
>  



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