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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix memory leak on error
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Stefano Dong |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix memory leak on error |
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Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:31:35 +0800 |
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On 2015/11/26 20:33, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Stefano Dong (董兴水) <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> hw/ppc/spapr.c: Fix memory leak on error, it was introduced in bc09e0611
>> hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c: Fix memory leak on error, it was introduced in
>> 34f2af3d
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Dong (董兴水) <address@hidden>
>> ---
>> hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c | 1 +
>> hw/ppc/spapr.c | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
>> index ce428df..e4b9a01 100644
>> --- a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
>> +++ b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
>> @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static void acpi_memory_hotplug_write(void *opaque,
>> hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
>> qapi_event_send_mem_unplug_error(dev->id,
>>
>> error_get_pretty(local_err),
>> &error_abort);
>> + error_free(local_err);
>> break;
>> }
>> trace_mhp_acpi_pc_dimm_deleted(mem_st->selector);
>> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>> index 030ee35..3bb8bcd 100644
>> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>> @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static XICSState *xics_system_init(MachineState *machine,
>> error_report("kernel_irqchip requested but unavailable: %s",
>> error_get_pretty(err));
>> }
>> + error_free(err);
>> }
>>
>> if (!icp) {
>
> Two independent instances of the same kind of bug (failure to free an
> Error after handling it). Collecting multiple fixes of the same kind in
> one patch can be fine. Note, however, that the combined patch spans
> separately maintained areas of the code:
>
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <address@hidden> (supporter:ACPI/SMBIOS)
> Igor Mammedov <address@hidden> (supporter:ACPI/SMBIOS)
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f hw/ppc/spapr.c
> David Gibson <address@hidden> (supporter:sPAPR (pseries))
> Alexander Graf <address@hidden> (supporter:sPAPR (pseries))
> Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> (maintainer:NUMA)
> address@hidden (open list:sPAPR (pseries))
>
> If the combined patch is trivial, cc: address@hidden I figure
> this one could qualify.
>
> If it isn't, split it up along mainenance boundaries, and cc: the
> maintainer(s) for each part.
>
> When you fix something with serious impact, the commit message should
> give a clue when it was broken. For minor bugs like these, it's still
> nice to do. The acpi_memory_hotplug_write() leak was introduced in
> bc09e06 (v2.4.0), and the xics_system_init() leak in commit 34f2af3
> (v2.3.0). Thanks for fixing the mess I made there, by the way.
>
> Since this is a straightforward bug fix, proposing it for inclusion into
> 2.5 makes sense. You can do that by putting [PATCH for-2.5] into the
> subject.
Thank you Markus! Thanks for teaching me a lot! You are so kind and friendly!
>