Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: fix memory leak in child_memcmp_fn

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On 04.04.23 05:12, Feng Jiang wrote:
The allocated memory should be freed on return.

Signed-off-by: Feng Jiang <jiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Ming Xie <xieming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c | 9 ++++++++-
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c
index 0eb2e8180aa5..c0dd2dfca51b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ static int child_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size,
  {
  	char *old = malloc(size);
  	char buf;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!old)
+		return -ENOMEM;
/* Backup the original content. */
  	memcpy(old, mem, size);
@@ -172,7 +176,10 @@ static int child_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size,
  		;
/* See if we still read the old values. */
-	return memcmp(old, mem, size);
+	ret = memcmp(old, mem, size);
+	free(old);
+
+	return ret;
  }
static int child_vmsplice_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size,

NAK, the whole point of this function is that the child process will exit immediately after executing this function, cleaning up automatically.

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb





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