[PATCH 3/4] tools: ynl: call nested attribute free function for indexed arrays

Zahari Doychev
2025-10-18T15:18:05Z

When freeing indexed arrays, the corresponding free function should
be called for each entry of the indexed array. For example, for
for 'struct tc_act_attrs' 'tc_act_attrs_free(...)' needs to be called
for each entry.

Previously, memory leaks were reported when enabling the ASAN
analyzer.

=================================================================
==874==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks

Direct leak of 24 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f221fd20cb5 in malloc ./debug/gcc/gcc/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:67
#1 0x55c98db048af in tc_act_attrs_set_options_vlan_parms ../generated/tc-user.h:2813
#2 0x55c98db048af in main ./linux/tools/net/ynl/samples/tc-filter-add.c:71

Direct leak of 24 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f221fd20cb5 in malloc ./debug/gcc/gcc/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:67
#1 0x55c98db04a93 in tc_act_attrs_set_options_vlan_parms ../generated/tc-user.h:2813
#2 0x55c98db04a93 in main ./linux/tools/net/ynl/samples/tc-filter-add.c:74

Direct leak of 10 byte(s) in 2 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f221fd20cb5 in malloc ./debug/gcc/gcc/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:67
#1 0x55c98db0527d in tc_act_attrs_set_kind ../generated/tc-user.h:1622

SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 58 byte(s) leaked in 4 allocation(s).

The following diff illustrates the changes introduced compared to the
previous version of the code.

void tc_flower_attrs_free(struct tc_flower_attrs *obj)
{
+ unsigned int i;
+
free(obj->indev);
+ for (i = 0; i < obj->_count.act; i++)
+ tc_act_attrs_free(&obj->act[i]);
free(obj->act);
free(obj->key_eth_dst);
free(obj->key_eth_dst_mask);

Signed-off-by: Zahari Doychev <zahari.doychev@linux.com>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
index 58086b101057..aadeb3abcad8 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
@@ -861,6 +861,18 @@ class TypeIndexedArray(Type):
return [f"{member} = {self.c_name};",
f"{presence} = n_{self.c_name};"]

+ def free_needs_iter(self):
+ return self.sub_type == 'nest'
+
+ def _free_lines(self, ri, var, ref):
+ lines = []
+ if self.sub_type == 'nest':
+ lines += [
+ f"for (i = 0; i < {var}->{ref}_count.{self.c_name}; i++)",
+ f'{self.nested_render_name}_free(&{var}->{ref}{self.c_name}[i]);',
+ ]
+ lines += f"free({var}->{ref}{self.c_name});",
+ return lines

class TypeNestTypeValue(Type):
def _complex_member_type(self, ri):
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