There are a number of cases where iov_base and iov_len are not cleaned up correctly in error cases, for example leaving a meaningless buffer to be returned, or having iov_base be NULL but iov_len set. This can be cleaned up with iov_free() which will be introduced as part of #746.
There are a number of cases where
iov_baseandiov_lenare not cleaned up correctly in error cases, for example leaving a meaningless buffer to be returned, or havingiov_basebe NULL butiov_lenset. This can be cleaned up withiov_free()which will be introduced as part of #746.See https://github.com/nutanix/libvfio-user/pull/746#discussion_r1311523293 for discussion and more details.