Previous l3fwd-power only processes IP and IPv6 packet, other
packet's mbuf is not released, and causes a memory leak.
This patch fixes this issue.
Signed-off-by: Shaopeng He <shaopeng.he at intel.com>
Acked-by: Jing Chen <jing.d.chen at intel.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst | 6 ++++++
examples/l3fwd-power/main.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
index 2cb5ebd..fc871ab 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Libraries
Examples
~~~~~~~~
+* **l3fwd-power: Fixed memory leak for non-ip packet.**
+
+ Fixed issue in l3fwd-power where, recieving other packet than
+ types of IP and IPv6, the mbuf was not released, and caused
+ a memory leak.
+
Other
~~~~~
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
index 828c18a..d9cd848 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd-power/main.c
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint8_t portid,
/* We don't currently handle IPv6 packets in LPM mode. */
rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
#endif
- }
+ } else
+ rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
}
--
1.9.3
