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id status status_updated status_note component severity timestamp last_seen occurrences files tags related
bug-1885 open 2026-09-29 newly logged scheduler leak 2026-09-29T09:48:44Z 2026-09-29T09:48:44Z 1
src/scheduler/src/driver.c
src/scheduler/src/decision.c
scheduler
leak
decision
bug-1884

bug-1885: scheduler normal mode never frees decision structs: 64 bytes leaked per published decision

Description

Observed: (code reading) the normal-mode round loop in xce_sched_driver_run_normal_mode_round() (src/scheduler/src/driver.c) drains each xce_decision_t* from core->decisions, records it and passes it to on_decision, but never frees the struct make_*_decision() (decision.c) calloc()s:

cbuf_get(&(sched->core.decisions), &decision);
... sched->core.on_decision(sched->core.driver_ctx, decision);
/* decision never freed */

Expected: the round loop frees the decision struct (not its alloc/pend reason, which the job owns) once published. Impact: leak of 64 bytes per dispatch/pend decision for the life of a normal-mode scheduler. Simulation mode was fixed in bug-1884 (ebfe4794). Three tests (test_core_full_cycle.c, test_core_session.c, test_snapshot_save_load.c) keep decision pointers from their callback, so the fix changes the callback contract ("valid only during the call") and those tests. Found by: review (while fixing bug-1884, 2026-09-29)

Environment

  • OS: no /etc/os-release; Docker container; NixOS kernel; kernel Linux 6.18.33 x86_64
  • libc: glibc 2.42-47 (interpreter /nix/store/wb6rhpznjfczwlwx23zmdrrw74bayxw4-glibc-2.42-47/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
  • Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
  • Build: asan (src/xce.build.discrete)
  • Code: scheduler-framework @ 90b99d91-dirty
  • Deployment: n/a (found by code reading while fixing bug-1884; not observed on a deployment)

Reproduction

  1. Read src/scheduler/src/driver.c round loop (the cbuf_get(&(sched->core.decisions), ...) loop) and src/scheduler/src/decision.c make_dispatch_decision()/make_pend_decision().
  2. A live check: run a normal-mode scheduler under ASAN with detect_leaks=1 through a few rounds and stop it cleanly; expect make_*_decision direct leaks.
  • Frequency: deterministic by code reading (one struct per decision)
  • Evidence: not kept; code reading

Root cause

TODO: required for fixed/partial

Fix

TODO: required for fixed/partial

Verification

  • Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after
  • Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile
  • Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why

References

  • Related: bug-1884