set LUA_CPATH and ucilua for convenience: $ [ -n "$UCI_LUA" ] && export LUA_CPATH="$(dirname "$UCI_LUA")/?.so" $ alias ucilua="valgrind --quiet --leak-check=full lua -luci" check that changes method doesnt leak memory: $ cp -R "$TESTDIR/config" . $ export CONFIG_DIR=$(pwd)/config $ ucilua $TESTDIR/lua/test_cases/changes_doesnt_leak.lua check that set method with empty table value doesn't leak memory: $ cp -R "$TESTDIR/config" . $ export CONFIG_DIR=$(pwd)/config $ ucilua $TESTDIR/lua/test_cases/set_with_empty_table_doesnt_leak.lua false\tCannot set an uci option to an empty table value (esc)