[RFC PATCH v2 18/37] tools lib bpf: clean elf memory after loading.

From: Wang Nan
Date: Fri May 15 2015 - 03:59:46 EST


After all eBPF programs in an object file are loaded, related ELF
information is useless. Close the object file and free those memory.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index ded96cb..9ed8cca 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -687,8 +687,8 @@ struct bpf_object *bpf_open_object(const char *path)
if (bpf_obj_validate(obj))
goto out;

+ bpf_obj_clear_elf(obj);
return obj;
-
out:
bpf_close_object(obj);
return NULL;
--
1.8.3.4

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