[PATCH] selftests/riscv: ptrace: Fix memory leak of regset_data in vector tests
Sergey Matyukevich
geomatsi at gmail.com
Fri Jul 10 03:16:02 PDT 2026
> The regset_data buffer allocated with calloc() in the parent process
> of several vector ptrace tests is never freed before returning,
> causing memory leaks in:
>
> - ptrace_v_not_enabled
> - ptrace_v_early_debug
> - ptrace_v_syscall_clobbering
> - v_csr_invalid/ptrace_v_invalid_values
> - v_csr_valid/ptrace_v_valid_values
>
> Add free(regset_data) before kill(pid, SIGKILL) to release the
> allocated buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Yan <wangyan01 at kylinos.cn>
> ---
> .../testing/selftests/riscv/vector/validate_v_ptrace.c | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/vector/validate_v_ptrace.c b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/vector/validate_v_ptrace.c
> index b038e2175c80..a388b7963d47 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/vector/validate_v_ptrace.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/vector/validate_v_ptrace.c
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ TEST(ptrace_v_not_enabled)
> ASSERT_EQ(-1, ret);
>
> /* cleanup */
> -
> + free(regset_data);
> ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(pid, SIGKILL));
> }
> }
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ TEST(ptrace_v_early_debug)
> EXPECT_EQ(vl_csr, regset_data->vl);
>
> /* cleanup */
> -
> + free(regset_data);
> ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(pid, SIGKILL));
> }
> }
> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ TEST(ptrace_v_syscall_clobbering)
> EXPECT_EQ(0UL, regset_data->vl);
>
> /* cleanup */
> -
> + free(regset_data);
> ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(pid, SIGKILL));
> }
> }
> @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ TEST_F(v_csr_invalid, ptrace_v_invalid_values)
> ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
>
> /* cleanup */
> -
> + free(regset_data);
> ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(pid, SIGKILL));
> }
> }
> @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ TEST_F(v_csr_valid, ptrace_v_valid_values)
> EXPECT_EQ(regset_data->vlenb, vlenb);
>
> /* cleanup */
> -
> + free(regset_data);
> ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(pid, SIGKILL));
> }
> }
Thanks !
Reviewed-by: Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi at gmai.com>
Regards,
Sergey
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