This patch fixes a file descriptor leak which happens in the error path of vhost_user_set_vring_kick().
Fixes: 4796ad63ba1f ("examples/vhost: import userspace vhost application") Cc: sta...@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@redhat.com> --- lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c index 7dfda15991..de06b051be 100644 --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c @@ -1855,8 +1855,12 @@ vhost_user_set_vring_kick(struct virtio_net **pdev, struct VhostUserMsg *msg, /* Interpret ring addresses only when ring is started. */ dev = translate_ring_addresses(dev, file.index); - if (!dev) + if (!dev) { + if (file.fd != VIRTIO_INVALID_EVENTFD) + close(file.fd); + return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR; + } *pdev = dev; -- 2.26.2