[ltt-dev] [PATCH 09/10] avoid leaking crdp for failed path

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Lai Jiangshan (laijs at cn.fujitsu.com) wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs at cn.fujitsu.com>

    [ Comment: now that set_cpu_call_rcu_data() is not racy and detects
      overwrites, we can effectively trust its return value and free the
      crdp if already set. ]

Merged, thanks!

Mathieu

> ---
>  urcu-call-rcu-impl.h |    9 +++++++--
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/urcu-call-rcu-impl.h b/urcu-call-rcu-impl.h
> index ae93468..f9250e8 100644
> --- a/urcu-call-rcu-impl.h
> +++ b/urcu-call-rcu-impl.h
> @@ -522,8 +522,13 @@ int create_all_cpu_call_rcu_data(unsigned long flags)
>  		}
>  		call_rcu_unlock(&call_rcu_mutex);
>  		if ((ret = set_cpu_call_rcu_data(i, crdp)) != 0) {
> -			/* FIXME: Leaks crdp for now. */
> -			return ret; /* Can happen on race. */
> +			call_rcu_data_free(crdp);
> +
> +			/* it has been created by other thread */
> +			if (ret == -EEXIST)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			return ret;
>  		}
>  	}
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.4.4
> 

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com