Memory leak due to the absence of matching free : ==4797== 189 bytes in 27 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 22 of 51 ==4797== at 0x4C2AB80: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so) ==4797== by 0x57A3839: strdup (strdup.c:42) ==4797== by 0x41C00D: xstrdup (utils.c:64) ==4797== by 0x411E4B: netlink_delinearize_chain.isra.3 (netlink.c:717) ==4797== by 0x411F20: list_chain_cb (netlink.c:748) ==4797== by 0x504A943: nft_chain_list_foreach (chain.c:1015) ==4797== by 0x41455E: netlink_list_chains (netlink.c:771) ==4797== by 0x4078EF: cache_init_objects (rule.c:90) ==4797== by 0x4078EF: cache_init (rule.c:130) ==4797== by 0x4078EF: cache_update (rule.c:147) ==4797== by 0x40FB09: cmd_evaluate (evaluate.c:2475) ==4797== by 0x4296BC: nft_parse (parser_bison.y:655) ==4797== by 0x4064CC: nft_run (main.c:231) ==4797== by 0x42CE57: cli_complete (cli.c:124) ==4797== ==4797== LEAK SUMMARY: ==4797== definitely lost: 189 bytes in 27 blocks ==4797== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==4797== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==4797== still reachable: 112,010 bytes in 278 blocks ==4797== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks After removing xstrdup from src/netlink.c:717 and src/netlink.c:722: ==4545== ==4545== HEAP SUMMARY: ==4545== in use at exit: 111,856 bytes in 269 blocks ==4545== total heap usage: 796 allocs, 527 frees, 754,306 bytes allocated ==4545== ==4545== LEAK SUMMARY: ==4545== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==4545== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==4545== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==4545== still reachable: 111,856 bytes in 269 blocks ==4545== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks Signed-off-by: Piyush Pangtey <gokuvsvegita@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/netlink.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/netlink.c b/src/netlink.c index ba0c20a..2917288 100644 --- a/src/netlink.c +++ b/src/netlink.c @@ -714,12 +714,12 @@ static struct chain *netlink_delinearize_chain(struct netlink_ctx *ctx, chain->priority = nftnl_chain_get_s32(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_PRIO); chain->type = - xstrdup(nftnl_chain_get_str(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE)); + nftnl_chain_get_str(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_TYPE); chain->policy = nftnl_chain_get_u32(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_POLICY); if (nftnl_chain_is_set(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_DEV)) { chain->dev = - xstrdup(nftnl_chain_get_str(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_DEV)); + nftnl_chain_get_str(nlc, NFTNL_CHAIN_DEV); } chain->flags |= CHAIN_F_BASECHAIN; } -- 1.9.1 -- With regards, Piyush Pangtey <gokuvsvegita@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html