Re: [PATCH] selftests/bpf: close the file descriptor to avoid resource leaks

[Hou Tao]

On 3/24/2025 2:42 PM, Malaya Kumar Rout wrote:
> Static Analyis for bench_htab_mem.c with cppcheck:error
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c:284:3:
> error: Resource leak: fd [resourceLeak]
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c:41:3:
> error: Resource leak: tc [resourceLeak]
>
> fix the issue  by closing the file descriptor (fd & tc) when
> read & fgets operation fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Malaya Kumar Rout <malayarout91@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@xxxxxxxxxx>

The right subject prefix for the patch should be "[PATCH bpf-next]",
however, it seems there is no need or no reason to respin the patch.
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c  | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c
> index 926ee822143e..59746fd2c23a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_htab_mem.c
> @@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static void htab_mem_read_mem_cgrp_file(const char *name, unsigned long *value)
>  	got = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
>  	if (got <= 0) {
>  		*value = 0;
> +		close(fd);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  	buf[got] = 0;
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c
> index 0b9bd1d6f7cc..10a0ab954b8a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_assign.c
> @@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ configure_stack(void)
>  	tc = popen("tc -V", "r");
>  	if (CHECK_FAIL(!tc))
>  		return false;
> -	if (CHECK_FAIL(!fgets(tc_version, sizeof(tc_version), tc)))
> +	if (CHECK_FAIL(!fgets(tc_version, sizeof(tc_version), tc))) {
> +		pclose(tc);
>  		return false;
> +	}
>  	if (strstr(tc_version, ", libbpf "))
>  		prog = "test_sk_assign_libbpf.bpf.o";
>  	else