Matt, clnt_vc_call() frees the memory that is later accessed by
clnt_vc_geterr. It all happens in the same *thread*. You see two stack
traces because I enabled valgrind to keep origins.

Regrads, Malahal.

Matt W. Benjamin [m...@cohortfs.com] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So this is all happening in clnt_vc_call()?  I'll have a look at it.
> 
> Matt
> 
> ----- "Malahal Naineni" <mala...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> >     valgrind reported that clnt_vc_geterr() is accessing freed memory.
> > Code review shows that nlm_send_async() calls clnt_call() and then
> > calls
> > clnt_sperror() on some errors. This is clearly a bug to access rpc
> > context
> > memory that was freed in a prior call. I am not familiar with RPC
> > code,
> > it should be an easy fix for someone familiar with RPC code. Can
> > someone
> > please fix or give pointers to fix it.
> > 
> > Here is the entire valgrind report (ran against V2.2-stable, but line
> > numbers should NOT change that much).
> > 
> > ==7012== Thread 35:
> > ==7012== Invalid read of size 8
> > ==7012==    at 0x535704: clnt_vc_geterr (clnt_vc.c:582)
> > ==7012==    by 0x533FFB: clnt_sperror (clnt_perror.c:83)
> > ==7012==    by 0x48FF07: nlm_send_async (nlm_async.c:283)
> > ==7012==    by 0x491132: nlm4_send_grant_msg (nlm_util.c:205)
> > ==7012==    by 0x49B203: state_async_func_caller (state_async.c:81)
> > ==7012==    by 0x508E5A: fridgethr_start_routine (fridgethr.c:562)
> > ==7012==    by 0x61EEDF2: start_thread (in
> > /usr/lib64/libpthread-2.17.so)
> > ==7012==    by 0x67011AC: clone (in /usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
> > ==7012==  Address 0x87f5a88 is 136 bytes inside a block of size 184
> > free'd
> > ==7012==    at 0x4C29577: free (in
> > /usr/lib64/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
> > ==7012==    by 0x53AAB9: free_rpc_call_ctx (rpc_ctx.c:251)
> > ==7012==    by 0x5356B3: clnt_vc_call (clnt_vc.c:567)
> > ==7012==    by 0x48FE71: nlm_send_async (nlm_async.c:267)
> > ==7012==    by 0x491132: nlm4_send_grant_msg (nlm_util.c:205)
> > ==7012==    by 0x49B203: state_async_func_caller (state_async.c:81)
> > ==7012==    by 0x508E5A: fridgethr_start_routine (fridgethr.c:562)
> > ==7012==    by 0x61EEDF2: start_thread (in
> > /usr/lib64/libpthread-2.17.so)
> > ==7012==    by 0x67011AC: clone (in /usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
> > 
> > Regards, Malahal.
> > PS: I can make the context pointer NULL when we free, and use
> > xdrs->x_lib[1]
> > in the check instead of xdrs->x_lib[0] in clnt_vc_geterr(). Wonder if
> > that is a right method.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Benjamin
> CohortFS, LLC.
> 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A
> Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
> 
> http://cohortfs.com
> 
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