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Subject: [Revisited] libftdi-1.0: Reduce memory leaks

From: Uwe Bonnes <bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:59:25 +0200
Hello,

with pain I found out that libusb_exit() must be called in ftdi_deinit(), as
ftdi_free() can't be run on a static struct ftdi_context. So find appended a
corrected patch, or more exact two patches, the first doing the
libusb_exit() and the second libusb_free_device_list() (fixing one more path
than the original).

It's hard to get things right the first time 

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>From 2b6e88b88dee09e43f2e20815be494d31a876353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uwe Bonnes <bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:41:03 +0200
Subject: libusb_init() needs libusb_exit() to avoid leak

---
 src/ftdi.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ftdi.c b/src/ftdi.c
index 7b4b987..69e5068 100644
--- a/src/ftdi.c
+++ b/src/ftdi.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ void ftdi_deinit(struct ftdi_context *ftdi)
         free(ftdi->readbuffer);
         ftdi->readbuffer = NULL;
     }
+    libusb_exit(NULL);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.6.4.2
>From 2863d71e145d07db58cfb67e1cdc3579344e8c44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uwe Bonnes <bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:44:40 +0200
Subject: libbusb_get_device_list() needs libusb_free_device_list() to avoid 
leaks

---
 src/ftdi.c |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ftdi.c b/src/ftdi.c
index 69e5068..cde1c76 100644
--- a/src/ftdi.c
+++ b/src/ftdi.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
         return code;                       \
    } while(0);
 
+#define ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(code, str, devs) do {    \
+        libusb_free_device_list(devs,1);   \
+        ftdi->error_str = str;             \
+        return code;                       \
+   } while(0);
+
 
 /**
     Internal function to close usb device pointer.
@@ -251,13 +257,13 @@ int ftdi_usb_find_all(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, struct 
ftdi_device_list **devli
         struct libusb_device_descriptor desc;
 
         if (libusb_get_device_descriptor(dev, &desc) < 0)
-            ftdi_error_return(-6, "libusb_get_device_descriptor() failed");
+            ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-6, 
"libusb_get_device_descriptor() failed", devs);
 
         if (desc.idVendor == vendor && desc.idProduct == product)
         {
             *curdev = (struct ftdi_device_list*)malloc(sizeof(struct 
ftdi_device_list));
             if (!*curdev)
-                ftdi_error_return(-3, "out of memory");
+                ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-3, "out of memory", devs);
              
             (*curdev)->next = NULL;
             (*curdev)->dev = dev;
@@ -266,7 +272,7 @@ int ftdi_usb_find_all(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, struct 
ftdi_device_list **devli
             count++;
         }
     }
-
+    libusb_free_device_list(devs,1);
     return count;
 }
 
@@ -626,30 +632,31 @@ int ftdi_usb_open_desc_index(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, 
int vendor, int product,
     if (libusb_init(NULL) < 0)
         ftdi_error_return(-11, "libusb_init() failed");
 
-    if (libusb_get_device_list(NULL, &devs) < 0)
-        ftdi_error_return(-12, "libusb_get_device_list() failed");
-
     if (ftdi == NULL)
         ftdi_error_return(-11, "ftdi context invalid");
 
+    if (libusb_get_device_list(NULL, &devs) < 0)
+        ftdi_error_return(-12, "libusb_get_device_list() failed");
+
     while ((dev = devs[i++]) != NULL)
     {
         struct libusb_device_descriptor desc;
+        int res;
 
         if (libusb_get_device_descriptor(dev, &desc) < 0)
-            ftdi_error_return(-13, "libusb_get_device_descriptor() failed");
+            ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-13, 
"libusb_get_device_descriptor() failed", devs);
 
         if (desc.idVendor == vendor && desc.idProduct == product)
         {
             if (libusb_open(dev, &ftdi->usb_dev) < 0)
-                ftdi_error_return(-4, "usb_open() failed");
+                ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-4, "usb_open() failed", 
devs);
 
             if (description != NULL)
             {
                 if (libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(ftdi->usb_dev, 
desc.iProduct, (unsigned char *)string, sizeof(string)) < 0)
                 {
                     libusb_close (ftdi->usb_dev);
-                    ftdi_error_return(-8, "unable to fetch product 
description");
+                    ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-8, "unable to fetch 
product description", devs);
                 }
                 if (strncmp(string, description, sizeof(string)) != 0)
                 {
@@ -662,7 +669,7 @@ int ftdi_usb_open_desc_index(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, int 
vendor, int product,
                 if (libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(ftdi->usb_dev, 
desc.iSerialNumber, (unsigned char *)string, sizeof(string)) < 0)
                 {
                     ftdi_usb_close_internal (ftdi);
-                    ftdi_error_return(-9, "unable to fetch serial number");
+                    ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-9, "unable to fetch 
serial number", devs);
                 }
                 if (strncmp(string, serial, sizeof(string)) != 0)
                 {
@@ -679,12 +686,14 @@ int ftdi_usb_open_desc_index(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, 
int vendor, int product,
                     continue;
                 }
 
-            return ftdi_usb_open_dev(ftdi, dev);
+            res = ftdi_usb_open_dev(ftdi, dev);
+            libusb_free_device_list(devs, 1);
+            return res;
         }
     }
 
     // device not found
-    ftdi_error_return(-3, "device not found");
+    ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-3, "device not found", devs);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -743,11 +752,15 @@ int ftdi_usb_open_string(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, const 
char* description)
         {
            if (bus_number == libusb_get_bus_number (dev)
                && device_address == libusb_get_device_address (dev))
-                return ftdi_usb_open_dev(ftdi, dev);
+            {
+                int res = ftdi_usb_open_dev(ftdi, dev);
+                libusb_free_device_list(devs, 1);
+                return res;
+            }
         }
 
         // device not found
-        ftdi_error_return(-3, "device not found");
+        ftdi_error_return_free_device_list(-3, "device not found", devs);
     }
     else if (description[0] == 'i' || description[0] == 's')
     {
-- 
1.6.4.2



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