Valgrind reports possible memory leaks in na_startup.

sistemasgmv — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:43:40 GMT

Hi all, I'm developing a little application in C using API version 5.1 and I use valgrind to detect memory leaks in my code. I have found a possible leak within the na_startup API call, just with the following code:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <locale.h>

#include <netapp_api.h>

int main(void)

{

char *StartupErrBuf;

StartupErrBuf=(char *)calloc(256,sizeof(char));

na_startup(StartupErrBuf,strlen(StartupErrBuf));

free(StartupErrBuf);

na_shutdown();

exit(1);

}

valgrind reports 41 allocs and only 21 frees. I'm not an expert developer but I guess there are some intermediate allocs which are not freed or maybe I'm doing something wrong.

This is part of the report from valgrind when it is used to analyze the compiled binary from the above code:

==31653== HEAP SUMMARY:

==31653== in use at exit: 268 bytes in 20 blocks

==31653== total heap usage: 40 allocs, 20 frees, 1,106 bytes allocated

==31653==

==31653== 3 bytes in 1 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1 of 20

==31653== at 0x4A0610C: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:195)

==31653== by 0x4FDFCD2: pool_alloc (pool.c:266)

==31653== by 0x4FEC1F7: str_cat (str.c:798)

==31653== by 0x4FDEF21: path_initialize_dirs (path.c:203)

==31653== by 0x4FDEDFF: path_init (path.c:154)

==31653== by 0x4C17E15: na_startup (na.c:270)

==31653== by 0x40072C: main (startup.c:12)

==31653==

==31653== 7 bytes in 1 blocks are still reachable in loss record 2 of 20

==31653== at 0x4A0610C: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:195)

==31653== by 0x4FDFCD2: pool_alloc (pool.c:266)

==31653== by 0x4FEC1F7: str_cat (str.c:798)

==31653== by 0x4FDEF42: path_initialize_dirs (path.c:204)

==31653== by 0x4FDEDFF: path_init (path.c:154)

==31653== by 0x4C17E15: na_startup (na.c:270)

==31653== by 0x40072C: main (startup.c:12)

Any help will be very appreciated.

Regards,

Eduardo

Re: Valgrind reports possible memory leaks in na_startup.

sens — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:13:11 GMT

Hi Eduardo,

We will look into the issue.

If it is indeed a memory leak, we will see if we can fix it in the upcoming releases of NMSDK.

Regards,

Sen.

Re: Valgrind reports possible memory leaks in na_startup.

sistemasgmv — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:22:29 GMT

Hi Sen, thank you for your answer. I have several valgrind logs regarding this issue and I can send them to you if you need them. I have made several tests with NMSDK 5.1 and 5.2 versions with the same results.

Regards,

Eduardo

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