netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: avoid leaking the JSON writer prepared for program metadata

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Date:   Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:50:07 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, zhuyifei@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: avoid leaking the JSON writer prepared for
 program metadata

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>:

On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:47:43 +0100 you wrote:
> Bpftool creates a new JSON object for writing program metadata in plain
> text mode, regardless of metadata being present or not. Then this writer
> is freed if any metadata has been found and printed, but it leaks
> otherwise. We cannot destroy the object unconditionally, because the
> destructor prints an undesirable line break. Instead, make sure the
> writer is created only after we have found program metadata to print.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] bpftool: avoid leaking the JSON writer prepared for program metadata
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/e89ef634f81c

You are awesome, thank you!
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