On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:10:43PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Otherwise kvm will leak memory on multiple KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP.
>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Index: kvm/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kvm.orig/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ kvm/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2285,6 +2285,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp
> goto out;
> break;
> case KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP:
> + r = -EEXIST;
> + if (kvm->arch.vpic)
> + goto out;
> r = -ENOMEM;
> kvm->arch.vpic = kvm_create_pic(kvm);
> if (kvm->arch.vpic) {
> @@ -2300,6 +2303,8 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp
> if (r) {
> kfree(kvm->arch.vpic);
> kfree(kvm->arch.vioapic);
> + kvm->arch.vpic = NULL;
> + kvm->arch.vioapic = NULL;
> goto out;
> }
> break;
Is there a lock that protects this structure?
Can memory leak still occur if multiple threads call
KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP in parallel?
>
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
