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Fix #12203: return NULL after flb_worker_context_create failure in flb_log_create - #12274

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Fixes #12203

When flb_worker_context_create() fails inside flb_log_create(), the
existing code destroyed log->evl, freed log, set config->log = NULL,
but then continued execution. The subsequent flb_log_worker_init(worker)
call receives worker == NULL and either dereferences NULL (when the cache
is created) or reads the freed log->evl (when cache creation also fails).

Add return NULL; immediately after the cleanup so the rest of the function
is reachable only when both log and worker are valid.

Severity: Low — OOM-only availability bug.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of failures during log setup so initialization stops cleanly when required components cannot be created.
    • Ensured failed log creation returns a clear failure result instead of continuing unexpectedly.
    • Added comprehensive cleanup of temporary resources and synchronization components after setup errors, helping prevent resource leaks and improving application stability.

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mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl);
flb_free(log);
config->log = NULL;
return NULL;

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P2 Badge Release logger resources before returning on worker failure

When flb_worker_context_create() fails after the logger pipe, metrics, mutexes, and possibly the file sink have already been initialized, this new return NULL leaves those resources behind and clears config->log, so later flb_config_exit() cannot call flb_log_destroy() to clean them up. In startup or embedded callers that retry after a transient allocation failure, each failed attempt leaks the pipe descriptors, cmetrics state, and an open log file when FLB_LOG_FILE was selected; this failure path should mirror the relevant pre-thread cleanup before returning.

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^ @MsfPablo We need to release resources on exceptions.

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flb_log_create now uses centralized cleanup for partial logger and worker initialization. Failure paths clear worker cache and thread-local state, destroy synchronization primitives, and return without continuing after worker creation failure.

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Log creation failure cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Centralized log creation cleanup
src/flb_log.c
Cleanup helpers release partial logger and worker resources. Event, metrics, worker-context, worker-initialization, and thread-creation failures use the appropriate cleanup path. Thread creation failure also destroys synchronization primitives.

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Although the PR prevents execution after worker-context creation fails, another initialization failure path can still release logging state without closing its file descriptor or destroying initialized mutexes, causing resource leaks. Merge should wait until that cleanup path is fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Comment thread src/flb_log.c
mk_event_loop_destroy(log->evl);
flb_free(log);
config->log = NULL;
return NULL;

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^ @MsfPablo We need to release resources on exceptions.

flb_log_create() did not return after flb_worker_context_create()
failed, so execution fell through to flb_log_worker_init() with a freed
log and a NULL worker.

Return NULL there, and release what has actually been set up: the
failure paths that run after the channel manager pipe exists were
freeing only the event loop and the context, leaking the pipe
descriptors, the cmetrics state and, when FLB_LOG_FILE was selected, an
open log file. Because config->log is cleared on those paths,
flb_config_exit() cannot reach flb_log_destroy() to clean up later, so
a caller that retries after a transient allocation failure leaks on
every attempt.

flb_log_destroy() cannot be reused for this: it joins log->tid and
dereferences log->worker, neither of which exists before the collector
thread starts. log_create_cleanup() covers the pre-thread subset.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Garcia Caceres <pablogarciacaceres5@gmail.com>
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Thanks — you're right, and it went further than the new return path.

Every failure path after the channel manager pipe is created was only freeing the event loop and the log context, so the pipe descriptors, the cmetrics state, and the open log file (when FLB_LOG_FILE is in use) were already being leaked. Since config->log is cleared on those paths, flb_config_exit() can't reach flb_log_destroy() to clean up afterwards either.

I couldn't reuse flb_log_destroy() here — it joins log->tid and dereferences log->worker, and neither exists yet at that point in flb_log_create(). So there's now a small log_create_cleanup() covering the pre-thread subset (metrics, pipe, sink, the two queue mutexes, event loop, context), wired into all four post-pipe failure paths.

I also rewrote the commit: it was missing the Signed-off-by for DCO and the subject had no component prefix, which is what commit-lint and Check Commit Message were failing on. Verified flb_log.c compiles clean locally.

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In `@src/flb_log.c`:
- Around line 1004-1022: Extend log_create_cleanup to handle every pre-thread
failure stage, including failures from flb_pipe_create and flb_worker_create.
Add stage-aware cleanup for out_fd, queue mutexes, metrics, ch_mng, the sink,
worker cache, pth_mutex, and pth_cond, and reuse the worker-cache cleanup
performed by flb_log_destroy instead of freeing log->worker directly. Update
both failure paths to invoke the appropriate cleanup before clearing
config->log.
- Line 1116: Clear the flb_worker_ctx TLS slot before freeing worker on every
failed setup path, including failures in flb_log_worker_init() and later
flb_worker_create(). Update the cleanup flow around log_create_cleanup and the
corresponding worker-free paths, or delay FLB_TLS_SET(flb_worker_ctx, worker)
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Thanks @cosmo0920 — you're right, the paths after the worker context exists were still leaking. Fixed:

  • flb_worker_create() failure now destroys pth_mutex/pth_cond, releases the worker (log cache + flb_log_worker_destroy), and runs the same log_create_cleanup() as the earlier paths, instead of only dropping the event loop and flb_free(log->worker).
  • flb_log_worker_init() failure goes through the same worker release helper.
  • Both worker paths clear the flb_worker_ctx TLS slot, which was otherwise left pointing at freed memory.

The worker release mirrors what flb_log_destroy() does for the same fields.

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Cover the flb_pipe_create() failure with staged cleanup.

log_create_cleanup() closes log->out_fd and destroys the queue mutexes, but the failure path at Line 1085 still frees log directly. If log_open_sink() succeeded, the file descriptor remains open, and the initialized mutexes are not destroyed. Add a pre-pipe failure cleanup path. Destroy log->ch_mng only after pipe initialization completes.

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In `@src/flb_log.c` around lines 1011 - 1020, Update the flb_pipe_create() failure
path in the log creation flow to perform staged cleanup before freeing log:
close the sink if log_open_sink() succeeded and destroy only the mutexes
initialized before pipe creation. Keep log_create_cleanup() for fully
initialized objects, and destroy log->ch_mng there only after pipe
initialization has completed.
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In `@src/flb_log.c`:
- Around line 1011-1020: Update the flb_pipe_create() failure path in the log
creation flow to perform staged cleanup before freeing log: close the sink if
log_open_sink() succeeded and destroy only the mutexes initialized before pipe
creation. Keep log_create_cleanup() for fully initialized objects, and destroy
log->ch_mng there only after pipe initialization has completed.

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