Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] drive-mirror:fix memory leak

[Fam Zheng]

On Wed, 01/22 15:56, Zhang Min wrote:
> In the function mirror_iteration() -> qemu_iovec_init(),
> it allocates memory for op->qiov.iov, when the write request calls back,
> but in the function mirror_iteration_done(), it only frees the op,
> not free the op->qiov.iov, so this causes memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Min <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/mirror.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
> index 2932bab..9840840 100644
> --- a/block/mirror.c
> +++ b/block/mirror.c
> @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static void mirror_iteration_done(MirrorOp *op, int ret)
>          bitmap_set(s->cow_bitmap, chunk_num, nb_chunks);
>      }
> 
> +    g_free(op->qiov.iov);
>      g_slice_free(MirrorOp, op);
>      qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co, NULL);
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.3.1.msysgit.0
> 

Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>

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