Re: [libvirt PATCH] esx: generator: fix free of elements in lists

When a list is freed, we iterate through all the items, invoking the free function for each; the actual free function called for each element is the function of the actual type of each element, and thus the @_next pointer in the element struct has the same type as the element itself. Currently, the free function gets the parent of the current element type, and invoke its free function to continue freeing the list. However, in case the hierarchy of the classes has more than 1 level (i.e. Class <- SubClass <- SubSubClass), the invoked free function is only the parent class' one, and not the actual base class of the hierarchy. To fix that, change the generator to get the ancestor of a class, and invoking that instead. Also, avoid to set the @_next back, as it is not needed. Fixes commits 5cff36e39ae691fbd7c40597df1732eecf294150 and f76c6dde2e33233566e886d96e76b5fe0c102d9a. Signed-off-by: Pino Toscano <ptoscano(a)redhat.com&gt; --- scripts/esx_vi_generator.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/esx_vi_generator.py b/scripts/esx_vi_generator.py index 863c8af964..be9b3949e8 100755 --- a/scripts/esx_vi_generator.py +++ b/scripts/esx_vi_generator.py @@ -751,13 +751,13 @@ class Object(GenericObject): source += "{\n" if self.features & Object.FEATURE__LIST: - if self.extends is not None: + ancestor = get_ancestor(self) + if ancestor: # avoid "dereferencing type-punned pointer will break # strict-aliasing rules" warnings - source += " esxVI_%s *next = (esxVI_%s *)item->_next;\n\n" \ - % (self.extends, self.extends) - source += " esxVI_%s_Free(&next);\n" % self.extends - source += " item->_next = (esxVI_%s *)next;\n\n" % self.name + source += " esxVI_%s *baseNext = (esxVI_%s *)item->_next;\n" \ + % (ancestor, ancestor) + source += " esxVI_%s_Free(&baseNext);\n\n" % ancestor else: source += " esxVI_%s_Free(&item->_next);\n\n" % self.name @@ -1250,6 +1250,21 @@ def is_known_type(type): type in enums_by_name) +def get_ancestor(obj): + if not obj.extends: + return None + ancestor = None + try: + ancestor = ancestor_by_name[obj.extends] + except KeyError: + parent = objects_by_name[obj.extends] + ancestor = get_ancestor(parent) + if not ancestor: + ancestor = parent.name + ancestor_by_name[name] = ancestor + return ancestor + + def open_file(filename): return open(filename, "wt") @@ -1341,6 +1356,7 @@ managed_objects_by_name = {} enums_by_name = {} methods_by_name = {} block = None +ancestor_by_name = {} # parse input file -- 2.26.2