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From: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/20] libxl: Fix leak of ctx->lock
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:26:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1331915215-10477-5-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331915215-10477-1-git-send-email-ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>

A mutex created with pthread_mutex_init, like ctx->lock, may need to
be destroyed with pthread_mutex_destroy.

Also, previously, if libxl__init_recursive_mutex failed, the nascent
ctx would be leaked.  Add some comments which will hopefully make
these kind of mistakes less likely in future.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl.c |   17 +++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl.c b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
index c54f86a..5827bd4 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ int libxl_ctx_alloc(libxl_ctx **pctx, int version,
     memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(libxl_ctx));
     ctx->lg = lg;
 
-    if (libxl__init_recursive_mutex(ctx, &ctx->lock) < 0) {
-        LIBXL__LOG(ctx, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, "Failed to initialize mutex");
-        return ERROR_FAIL;
-    }
+    /* First initialise pointers (cannot fail) */
 
     LIBXL_TAILQ_INIT(&ctx->occurred);
 
@@ -61,6 +58,16 @@ int libxl_ctx_alloc(libxl_ctx **pctx, int version,
     LIBXL_TAILQ_INIT(&ctx->death_list);
     libxl__ev_xswatch_init(&ctx->death_watch);
 
+    /* The mutex is special because we can't idempotently destroy it */
+
+    if (libxl__init_recursive_mutex(ctx, &ctx->lock) < 0) {
+        LIBXL__LOG(ctx, LIBXL__LOG_ERROR, "Failed to initialize mutex");
+        free(ctx);
+        ctx = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Now ctx is safe for ctx_free; failures simply set rc and "goto out" */
+
     rc = libxl__poller_init(ctx, &ctx->poller_app);
     if (rc) goto out;
 
@@ -150,6 +157,8 @@ int libxl_ctx_free(libxl_ctx *ctx)
 
     discard_events(&ctx->occurred);
 
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->lock);
+
     GC_FREE;
     free(ctx);
     return 0;
-- 
1.7.2.5

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-16 16:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-16 16:26 [RFC PATCH 00/20] libxl child process handling Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 01/20] libxl: ao: allow immediate completion Ian Jackson
2012-03-19 17:29   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 02/20] libxl: fix hang due to libxl__initiate_device_remove Ian Jackson
2012-03-19 17:29   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 03/20] libxl: Fix eventloop_iteration over-locking Ian Jackson
2012-03-19 17:31   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-19 17:48     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20  9:44       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` Ian Jackson [this message]
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 05/20] libxl: abolish libxl_ctx_postfork Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 06/20] tools: Correct PTHREAD options in config/StdGNU.mk Ian Jackson
2012-03-17 15:41   ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-19 16:34     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20  9:43   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 16:05     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 16:37       ` Tim Deegan
     [not found]     ` <CAPLaKK4+TRroEox2ScUS=NZ7G7NZ4D2wpmvDZEjST5AGByRwUg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-03-20 16:47       ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-20 16:55         ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 07/20] libxl: Use PTHREAD_CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS Ian Jackson
2012-03-20  9:43   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 08/20] tools: Use PTHREAD_CFLAGS, _LDFLAGS, _LIBS Ian Jackson
2012-03-20  9:44   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 09/20] libxl: Crash (more sensibly) on malloc failure Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 10:17   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 16:22     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 16:25       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 10/20] libxl: Make libxl__zalloc et al tolerate a NULL gc Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 10:21   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 16:26     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 16:34       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 11/20] libxl: Introduce some convenience macros Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 11:37   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 16:39     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 16:44       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 12/20] libxl: Protect fds with CLOEXEC even with forking threads Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 11:53   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 16:59     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 13/20] libxl: libxl_event.c:beforepoll_internal, REQUIRE_FDS Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:06   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 14/20] libxl: include <ctype.h> and introduce CTYPE helper macro Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:12   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 17:02     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 15/20] libxl: include <_libxl_paths.h> in libxl_internal.h Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:13   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 23:20     ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-20 23:57       ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-21 11:31       ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-21 12:10         ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-21 12:20           ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 16/20] libxl: event API: new facilities for waiting for subprocesses Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:47   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 17:24     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 17:39       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-21 11:26         ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 17/20] libxl: Provide libxl_string_list_length Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:48   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 18/20] libxl: Introduce libxl__sendmsg_fds and libxl__recvmsg_fds Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 12:51   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 19/20] libxl: Clean up setdefault in do_domain_create Ian Jackson
2012-03-16 19:08   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-16 16:26 ` [PATCH 20/20] libxl: ao: Convert libxl_run_bootloader Ian Jackson
2012-03-20 13:49   ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-20 17:36     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-21 12:17     ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-21 12:25       ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-21 13:19       ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-22 15:36         ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-22 16:27           ` Ian Jackson
2012-03-22 16:36             ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-22 16:37   ` Roger Pau Monné
2012-03-22 17:02     ` Ian Jackson

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