[ovs-dev] [leaks 2/5] signals: New function signal_unregister().

Ethan Jackson ethan at nicira.com
Tue Jun 7 23:26:03 UTC 2011


This has bothered me quiet some time, thanks for fixing it.

Ethan

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 13:22, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> Fixes a very minor memory leak in ovs-vswitchd reported by valgrind.
> ---
>  lib/signals.c           |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
>  lib/signals.h           |    3 +++
>  vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/signals.c b/lib/signals.c
> index 37f0637..7650cb9 100644
> --- a/lib/signals.c
> +++ b/lib/signals.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <errno.h>
>  #include <limits.h>
>  #include <signal.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
>  #include "poll-loop.h"
>  #include "socket-util.h"
> @@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(signals);
>  #endif
>
>  struct signal {
> +    struct sigaction saved_sa;
>     int signr;
>  };
>
> @@ -78,20 +80,31 @@ signal_register(int signr)
>
>     signal_init();
>
> +    s = xmalloc(sizeof *s);
> +    s->signr = signr;
> +
>     /* Set up signal handler. */
>     assert(signr >= 1 && signr < N_SIGNALS);
>     memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
>     sa.sa_handler = signal_handler;
>     sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
>     sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
> -    xsigaction(signr, &sa, NULL);
> +    xsigaction(signr, &sa, &s->saved_sa);
>
> -    /* Return structure. */
> -    s = xmalloc(sizeof *s);
> -    s->signr = signr;
>     return s;
>  }
>
> +/* Unregisters the handler for 's', restores the signal handler that was in
> + * effect before signal_register() was called, and frees 's'. */
> +void
> +signal_unregister(struct signal *s)
> +{
> +    if (s) {
> +        xsigaction(s->signr, &s->saved_sa, NULL);
> +        free(s);
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  /* Returns true if signal 's' has been received since the last call to this
>  * function with argument 's'. */
>  bool
> diff --git a/lib/signals.h b/lib/signals.h
> index 12fb311..e09b04a 100644
> --- a/lib/signals.h
> +++ b/lib/signals.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
>  #include <stdbool.h>
>
>  void signal_init(void);
> +
>  struct signal *signal_register(int signr);
> +void signal_unregister(struct signal *);
> +
>  bool signal_poll(struct signal *);
>  void signal_wait(struct signal *);
>
> diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
> index d591e95..a71eecc 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
> +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
> @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>     }
>     bridge_exit();
>     unixctl_server_destroy(unixctl);
> +    signal_unregister(sighup);
>
>     return 0;
>  }
> --
> 1.7.4.4
>
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