Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] dump.c: Fix memory leak issue in cleanup processing for dump_init()

[Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>]

On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:28:56 +0800
Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com> wrote:

> In dump_init(), when failure occurs, need notice about 'fd' and memory
> mapping. So call dump_cleanup() for it (need let all initializations at
> front).
> 
> Also simplify dump_cleanup(): remove redundant 'ret' and redundant 'fd'
> checking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com>

Applied to the qmp branch, thanks.

PS: I still find it hard to track the file-descriptor's life time. IMO,
    the best would be to always release it where it's allocated which is
    qmp_dump_guest_memory().

> ---
>  dump.c | 18 +++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c
> index ce646bc..71d3e94 100644
> --- a/dump.c
> +++ b/dump.c
> @@ -71,18 +71,14 @@ uint64_t cpu_to_dump64(DumpState *s, uint64_t val)
>  
>  static int dump_cleanup(DumpState *s)
>  {
> -    int ret = 0;
> -
>      guest_phys_blocks_free(&s->guest_phys_blocks);
>      memory_mapping_list_free(&s->list);
> -    if (s->fd != -1) {
> -        close(s->fd);
> -    }
> +    close(s->fd);
>      if (s->resume) {
>          vm_start();
>      }
>  
> -    return ret;
> +    return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static void dump_error(DumpState *s, const char *reason)
> @@ -1499,6 +1495,8 @@ static int dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool has_format,
>      s->begin = begin;
>      s->length = length;
>  
> +    memory_mapping_list_init(&s->list);
> +
>      guest_phys_blocks_init(&s->guest_phys_blocks);
>      guest_phys_blocks_append(&s->guest_phys_blocks);
>  
> @@ -1526,7 +1524,6 @@ static int dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool has_format,
>      }
>  
>      /* get memory mapping */
> -    memory_mapping_list_init(&s->list);
>      if (paging) {
>          qemu_get_guest_memory_mapping(&s->list, &s->guest_phys_blocks, &err);
>          if (err != NULL) {
> @@ -1622,12 +1619,7 @@ static int dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool has_format,
>      return 0;
>  
>  cleanup:
> -    guest_phys_blocks_free(&s->guest_phys_blocks);
> -
> -    if (s->resume) {
> -        vm_start();
> -    }
> -
> +    dump_cleanup(s);
>      return -1;
>  }
>