When one iscsi device logs in and logs out with the "multipath -r" executed at the same time, memory leak happens in multipathd process. The reason is following. When "multipath -r" is executed, the path will be free in configure function. Before path_discovery executed, iscsi device logs out. Then path_discovery will not find any path and there is no path in the gvecs->pathvec. When map_discovery function is executed, disassemble_map function will be called. Because gvecs->pathvec->slot is empty and is_deamon is 1, a path will be allocated and is not stored in gvecs->pathvec but store in mpp->pg. But when the mpp is removed and freed by remove_map function, the path will not be free and can't be find anymore. The procedure details given as follows, 1."multipath -r" is executed main ->child ->reconfigure ->configure ->path_discovery //after iscsi logout ->map_discovery ->update_multipath_table ->disassemble_map ->alloc_path 2.then "multipath -r" is executed again main main ->child ->reconfigure ->remove_maps_and_stop_waiters ->remove_maps Here, we delete checking is_deamon. Because whether the process is a daemon process or not, we think the path should be add to gvecs->pathvec. Reported-by: Tianxiong Li <lutianxiong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lixiaokeng <lixiaokeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx> --- libmultipath/dmparser.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libmultipath/dmparser.c b/libmultipath/dmparser.c index b856a07f..d556f642 100644 --- a/libmultipath/dmparser.c +++ b/libmultipath/dmparser.c @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ int disassemble_map(vector pathvec, char *params, struct multipath *mpp, WWID_SIZE); } /* Only call this in multipath client mode */ - if (!is_daemon && store_path(pathvec, pp)) + if (store_path(pathvec, pp)) goto out1; } else { if (!strlen(pp->wwid) && -- -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel