[PATCH] selftests/cgroup: Fix error path leaks in test_percpu_basic
From: Yu Miao
Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 22:38:23 EST
When cg_name_indexed() returns NULL partway through the child creation
loop, the code returned -1 without running cleanup_children and cleanup.
That left the `parent` pathname allocation unreleased and did not remove
child cgroup directories already created under the parent. Fix by jumping
to cleanup_children instead of returning.
When cg_create() fails, `child` (the pathname from cg_name_indexed())
was not freed before cleanup_children. Fix by freeing `child` before
branching to cleanup_children.
Signed-off-by: Yu Miao <yumiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
index eeabd34bf083..12f59925500b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
@@ -368,11 +368,15 @@ static int test_percpu_basic(const char *root)
for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
child = cg_name_indexed(parent, "child", i);
- if (!child)
- return -1;
+ if (!child) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto cleanup_children;
+ }
- if (cg_create(child))
+ if (cg_create(child)) {
+ free(child);
goto cleanup_children;
+ }
free(child);
}
--
2.43.0