RE: [PATCH v1] ethdev: add indirect action async query

[Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:07 PM
> To: Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>; Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh@intel.com>;
> Yuying Zhang <yuying.zhang@intel.com>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon
> (EXTERNAL) <thomas@monjalon.net>; Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@xilinx.com>;
> Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>; Ray Kinsella
> <mdr@ashroe.eu>; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] ethdev: add indirect action async query
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 9:12 AM Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>
> wrote:
> > @@ -2873,17 +2907,23 @@ port_queue_action_handle_destroy(portid_t
> port_id,
> >                          * of error.
> >                          */
> >                         memset(&error, 0x99, sizeof(error));
> > +                       job = calloc(1, sizeof(*job));
> > +                       if (!job) {
> > +                               printf("Queue action destroy job allocate failed\n");
> > +                               return -ENOMEM;
> > +                       }
> > +                       job->type = QUEUE_JOB_TYPE_ACTION_DESTROY;
> > +                       job->pia = pia;
> >
> >                         if (pia->handle &&
> >                             rte_flow_async_action_handle_destroy(port_id,
> > -                               queue_id, &attr, pia->handle, NULL, &error)) {
> > +                               queue_id, &attr, pia->handle, job, &error)) {
> >                                 ret = port_flow_complain(&error);
> >                                 continue;
> >                         }
> >                         *tmp = pia->next;
> >                         printf("Indirect action #%u destruction queued\n",
> >                                pia->id);
> > -                       free(pia);
> >                         break;
> >                 }
> >                 if (i == n)
> 
> Our covscan tool reports a potential leak of "job" in this block.
> I am unclear whether it is a normal occurence, but it seems that if
> pia->handle == NULL, then job is leaked.

OK, this function can only be called from destroying a created action handle. For the created action handle, the pia->handle should never be NULL here.
And we also have " if (actions[i] != pia->id) " several lines above to ensure it is a valid pia.
I agree from tools' point of view it looks like a leak here. But it should never happen.
Do you think we need a "fix" in that case?

Thanks.

> 
> Can you have a look and submit a fix if confirmed?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --
> David Marchand