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authorRonald Wahl <ronald.wahl@raritan.com>2013-02-04 14:51:46 +0100
committerCarmelo Amoroso <carmelo.amoroso@st.com>2013-02-05 15:59:18 +0100
commit389cd96704f21549cafc0b5bdcd0ef762b98bc08 (patch)
tree1bfa1a3efe9bffc303a99e635e6248476f30a651 /libc/stdlib/_atexit.c
parent98df9185fdfce0203999edc4d92ac56f38108529 (diff)
libc: atexit: reuse free slots at the end of exit functions table
Continuosly dlopen and dlclose of shared object will cause a memory leak in atexit function. This fix reuse free slots at the end of the list. For further detail see https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=2455 Signed-off-by: Ronald Wahl <ronald.wahl@raritan.com> Tested-by: Filippo Arcidiacono <filippo.arcidiacono@st.com> Signed-off-by: Carmelo Amoroso <carmelo.amoroso@st.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'libc/stdlib/_atexit.c')
-rw-r--r--libc/stdlib/_atexit.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libc/stdlib/_atexit.c b/libc/stdlib/_atexit.c
index 4bb884075..ef6772fb5 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/_atexit.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/_atexit.c
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ struct exit_function attribute_hidden *__new_exitfn(void)
__UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK(__atexit_lock);
+ /*
+ * Reuse free slots at the end of the list.
+ * This avoids eating memory when dlopen and dlclose modules multiple times.
+ */
+ while (__exit_count > 0) {
+ if (__exit_function_table[__exit_count-1].type == ef_free) {
+ --__exit_count;
+ } else break;
+ }
+
#ifdef __UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT__
/* If we are out of function table slots, make some more */
if (__exit_slots < __exit_count+1) {