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[v2] hw/arm/realview.c: Fix memory leak in realview_init()

Message ID 1416577889-18404-1-git-send-email-zodiac@ispras.ru
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Nikita Belov Nov. 21, 2014, 1:51 p.m. UTC
Variable 'ram_lo' is allocated unconditionally, but used only in some cases.
When it is unused pointer will be lost at function exit, resulting in a
memory leak. Allocate memory for 'ram_lo' only if it is needed.

Valgrind output:
==16879== 240 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 6,033 of 7,018
==16879==    at 0x4C2AB80: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==16879==    by 0x33D2CE: malloc_and_trace (vl.c:2804)
==16879==    by 0x509E610: g_malloc (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.4000.0)
==16879==    by 0x288836: realview_init (realview.c:55)
==16879==    by 0x28988C: realview_pb_a8_init (realview.c:375)
==16879==    by 0x341426: main (vl.c:4413)

Signed-off-by: Nikita Belov <zodiac@ispras.ru>
---
 hw/arm/realview.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Markus Armbruster Nov. 25, 2014, 1:02 p.m. UTC | #1
Nikita Belov <zodiac@ispras.ru> writes:

> Variable 'ram_lo' is allocated unconditionally, but used only in some cases.
> When it is unused pointer will be lost at function exit, resulting in a
> memory leak. Allocate memory for 'ram_lo' only if it is needed.
>
> Valgrind output:
> ==16879== 240 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 6,033 of 7,018
> ==16879==    at 0x4C2AB80: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
> ==16879==    by 0x33D2CE: malloc_and_trace (vl.c:2804)
> ==16879==    by 0x509E610: g_malloc (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.4000.0)
> ==16879==    by 0x288836: realview_init (realview.c:55)
> ==16879==    by 0x28988C: realview_pb_a8_init (realview.c:375)
> ==16879==    by 0x341426: main (vl.c:4413)
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Belov <zodiac@ispras.ru>

Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Peter Maydell Nov. 25, 2014, 2:47 p.m. UTC | #2
On 21 November 2014 at 13:51, Nikita Belov <zodiac@ispras.ru> wrote:
> Variable 'ram_lo' is allocated unconditionally, but used only in some cases.
> When it is unused pointer will be lost at function exit, resulting in a
> memory leak. Allocate memory for 'ram_lo' only if it is needed.
>
> Valgrind output:
> ==16879== 240 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 6,033 of 7,018
> ==16879==    at 0x4C2AB80: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
> ==16879==    by 0x33D2CE: malloc_and_trace (vl.c:2804)
> ==16879==    by 0x509E610: g_malloc (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.4000.0)
> ==16879==    by 0x288836: realview_init (realview.c:55)
> ==16879==    by 0x28988C: realview_pb_a8_init (realview.c:375)
> ==16879==    by 0x341426: main (vl.c:4413)
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Belov <zodiac@ispras.ru>
> ---

Applied to target-arm.next; thanks.

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diff --git a/hw/arm/realview.c b/hw/arm/realview.c
index af65aa4..9bf2392 100644
--- a/hw/arm/realview.c
+++ b/hw/arm/realview.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@  static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
     CPUARMState *env;
     ObjectClass *cpu_oc;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
-    MemoryRegion *ram_lo = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
+    MemoryRegion *ram_lo;
     MemoryRegion *ram_hi = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *ram_alias = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *ram_hack = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@  static void realview_init(MachineState *machine,
 
     if (is_pb && ram_size > 0x20000000) {
         /* Core tile RAM.  */
+        ram_lo = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
         low_ram_size = ram_size - 0x20000000;
         ram_size = 0x20000000;
         memory_region_init_ram(ram_lo, NULL, "realview.lowmem", low_ram_size,