From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC1D23C for ; Wed, 2 May 2018 17:38:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 02 May 2018 08:38:18 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,354,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="52610380" Received: from irvmail001.ir.intel.com ([163.33.26.43]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 May 2018 08:38:17 -0700 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (sivswdev01.ir.intel.com [10.237.217.45]) by irvmail001.ir.intel.com (8.14.3/8.13.6/MailSET/Hub) with ESMTP id w42FcGmU010668; Wed, 2 May 2018 16:38:16 +0100 Received: from sivswdev01.ir.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with ESMTP id w42FcGKN006388; Wed, 2 May 2018 16:38:16 +0100 Received: (from aburakov@localhost) by sivswdev01.ir.intel.com with LOCAL id w42FcGAs006383; Wed, 2 May 2018 16:38:16 +0100 From: Anatoly Burakov To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: shahafs@mellanox.com, thomasm@mellanox.com, olgas@mellanox.com, rasland@mellanox.com Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:38:15 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.7 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] malloc: set pad to 0 on free X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 May 2018 15:38:23 -0000 The pad value is not used unless element is in pad state, but it will show up in heap dumps and may be confusing. Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov --- lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c index af81961..0a86d34 100644 --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c @@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ malloc_elem_free(struct malloc_elem *elem) malloc_elem_free_list_insert(elem); + elem->pad = 0; + /* decrease heap's count of allocated elements */ elem->heap->alloc_count--; -- 2.7.4