> Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan....@linux.intel.com>
> 2017/01/04 12:02
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> to
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> Yong Wang <wang.yon...@zte.com.cn>,
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> cc
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> dev@dpdk.org
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> subject
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> Re: [PATCH] lib/librte_vhost: fix memory leak
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> On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:57:55PM -0500, Yong Wang wrote:
> > In function vhost_new_device(), current code dose not free 'dev'
> > in "i == MAX_VHOST_DEVICE" condition statements. It will lead to a
> > memory leak.
>
> Nice catch!
>
> Here are few minor stuff you might need pay attention to for future
> contribution:
>
> - a fix patch needs a fixline, like following
>
> Fixes: 45ca9c6f7bc6 ("vhost: get rid of linked list for devices")
>
> - the prefix for vhost lib is "vhost: ". And FYI, for PMD drivers, it's
> 'net/PMD_NAME', say 'net/virtio'.
>
>
> For you convenience, I have fixed the two while applying. And thanks
> for the fix.
>
> Applied to dpdk-next-virtio.
>
> --yliu
Thanks for your advice.
