we could end up in situation when we have object file w/ all btf
info but kernel does not support btf yet. in this situation currently
libbpf just set obj->btf to NULL w/o freeing it first.
this patch if fixing it by making sure to run btf__free first
v1->v2:
- adding netdev to cc
Signed-off-by: Nikita V. Shirokov <tehn...@tehnerd.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index f5eb60379c8d..d5b830d60601 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -838,6 +838,8 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj,
int flags)
if (IS_ERR(obj->btf) || btf__load(obj->btf)) {
pr_warning("Error loading ELF section %s: %ld.
Ignored and continue.\n",
BTF_ELF_SEC, PTR_ERR(obj->btf));
+ if (!IS_ERR(obj->btf))
+ btf__free(obj->btf);
obj->btf = NULL;
}
} else if (strcmp(name, BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC) == 0) {
--
2.17.1
