[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix memory leak in virNWFilterDefParseXML()

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Fri Nov 29 15:24:28 UTC 2013


On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 08:40:31PM +0530, Nehal J Wani wrote:
> >
> > I think it is preferrable to use virNWFilterEntryFree() here.
> >
> >>              if (entry->rule || entry->include) {
> >
> > Just following this line there is another call to VIR_FREE(entry)
> > which leaks entry->rule and entry->include. This should be made
> > to call virNWFilterEntryFree too
> >
> >
> 
> Would it be better to remove all the VIR_FREE(entry) and just put one
> virNWFilterEntryFree(entry) below the label cleanup ?

Yes, just make sure it is always initialized sanely.

Daniel
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