[U-Boot-Users] Possible memory leak in cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c

[Stefan Roese]

On Saturday 15 March 2008, Dave Littell wrote:
> >> I looked around this message and it seems that ppc_4xx_eth_initialize()
> >> malloc()’s a EMAC_4XX_HW_PST structure and assigns it to dev->priv.
> >> However, nothing ever frees this buffer so standing on a ping will
> >> ultimately pull down all the available memory.
> >
> > Hmmm. IIRC ppc_4xx_eth_initialize() is only called once upon bootup for
> > ethernet driver initialization. The function called each time before
> > network action is ppc_4xx_eth_init().
>
> It looks like ppc_4xx_eth_initialize() is called from eth_init() and
> ppc_4xx_eth_init() is only called if there's an emac0_dev.
>
> Hm?

I see. You don't have CONFIG_NET_MULTI defined. Which 4xx platform are we 
talking about btw?

> >> One fix might be to free( dev->priv ) at the end of ppc_4xx_eth_halt().
> >>  I tried this today and noted no ill effects.
> >
> > So did it work for you?
>
> It seems to be working well.

OK. But your patch will most likely break all platforms with CONFIG_NET_MULTI 
defined. Please give the attached patch a try and let me know if it works 
too. I'll push it online if it fixes the problem.

diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
index d990250..479cb40 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
@@ -1998,9 +1998,12 @@ int ppc_4xx_eth_initialize (bd_t * bis)
 }

 #if !defined(CONFIG_NET_MULTI)
-void eth_halt (void) {
+void eth_halt (void)
+{
        if (emac0_dev) {
                ppc_4xx_eth_halt(emac0_dev);
+               if (emac0_dev->priv)
+                       free(emac0_dev->priv);
                free(emac0_dev);
                emac0_dev = NULL;
        }


Best regards,
Stefan

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