Re: [PATCH] selftests/rtc:Fix a resource leak

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Wed Jul 10 2024 - 03:17:10 EST


On 09/07/2024 23:07:43-0700, Zhu Jun wrote:
> The opened file should be closed before exit, otherwise resource leak
> will occur that this problem was discovered by reading code

Can you elaborate on the leak? All the fds are getting closed on exit.

>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Jun <zhujun2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/rtc/setdate.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/setdate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/setdate.c
> index b303890b3de2..17a00affb0ec 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/setdate.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/setdate.c
> @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> retval = ioctl(fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &current);
> if (retval == -1) {
> perror("RTC_RD_TIME ioctl");
> + close(fd);
> exit(errno);
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>
>

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