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staging: altera-stapl: Fix memory leak of altera_init()

PATCH In review Andre Bartke 3 participants 3 messages May 30, 2011 Staging

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PATCH 1/1 staging: altera-stapl: Fix memory leak of altera_init()

In case kzalloc() fails the second or third time
we should free the previous allocated resources.

---
 drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c +7 -2
index 05aad35..56ba557 100644
@@ -2435,11 +2435,16 @@ int altera_init(struct altera_config *config, const struct firmware *fw)
 	if (!key)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	value = kzalloc(257 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!value)
+	if (!value) {
+		kfree(key);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	astate = kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!astate)
+	if (!astate) {
+		kfree(key);
+		kfree(value);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	astate->config = config;
 	if (!astate->config->jtag_io) {
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#1 lore raw

Am Montag 30 Mai 2011, 22:45:04 schrieb Andre Bartke:

Quoted 2 lines

In case kzalloc() fails the second or third time
we should free the previous allocated resources.

Good catch!
Personally I prefer putting the cleanup logic to the bottom, maybe like this - but that's just personal preference.

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From 1a13a1d7a2bad26f050ecc342741b6c07cac2b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Peter Huewe <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:54:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] staging: altera-stapl: Fix memory leak of altera_init()

In case kzalloc() fails the second or third time
we should free the previous allocated resources.
In order to keep one return point and to keep the cleanup code to one place, some reordering was necessary.

Also while at it, removed the *sizeof(char) - to quote Linus:
"" Also removed the silly "* sizeof(u8)". If that isn't 1, we have way
deeper problems than a simple multiplication can fix. """

---
 drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c +21 -12
index 05aad35..09392ce 100644
@@ -2430,16 +2430,23 @@ int altera_init(struct altera_config *config, const struct firmware *fw)
 	int index = 0;
 	s32 offset = 0L;
 	s32 error_address = 0L;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	key = kzalloc(33 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!key)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	value = kzalloc(257 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!value)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	key = kzalloc(33, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!key) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	value = kzalloc(257, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!value) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_key;
+	}
 	astate = kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!astate)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!astate) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_value;
+	}
 
 	astate->config = config;
 	if (!astate->config->jtag_io) {
@@ -2518,10 +2525,12 @@ int altera_init(struct altera_config *config, const struct firmware *fw)
 	} else if (exec_result)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d\n", __func__, exec_result);
 
-	kfree(key);
-	kfree(value);
 	kfree(astate);
-
-	return 0;
+free_value:
+	kfree(value);
+free_key:
+	kfree(key);
+out:
+	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(altera_init);
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Quoted 7 lines · Peter Hüwe

Am Montag 30 Mai 2011, 22:45:04 schrieb Andre Bartke:

Quoted 2 lines

In case kzalloc() fails the second or third time
we should free the previous allocated resources.

Good catch!
Personally I prefer putting the cleanup logic to the bottom, maybe like this - but that's just personal preference.

Another alternative would be something like this:

        key = kzalloc(33 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
        value = kzalloc(257 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
        astate = kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_state), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!astate || !value || ! key) {
		kfree(astate);
		kfree(value);
		kfree(key);
		return -ENOMEM;
	}

Ohh and btw, in your suggestion (below), why don't you initialize 'retval' to -ENOMEM and then set it to zero once after all the allocations have completed? That would remove the need to set it to -ENOMEM 3 times before the goto's... Sure, you are seting it 3 times in error paths and my suggestion would introduce a retval=0; in the normal path, but the code would be shorter and more readable IMHO.

/Jesper Juhl

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From 1a13a1d7a2bad26f050ecc342741b6c07cac2b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Peter Huewe <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:54:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] staging: altera-stapl: Fix memory leak of altera_init()

In case kzalloc() fails the second or third time
we should free the previous allocated resources.
In order to keep one return point and to keep the cleanup code to one place, some reordering was necessary.

Also while at it, removed the *sizeof(char) - to quote Linus:
"" Also removed the silly "* sizeof(u8)". If that isn't 1, we have way
deeper problems than a simple multiplication can fix. """

---
 drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c +21 -12
index 05aad35..09392ce 100644
@@ -2430,16 +2430,23 @@ int altera_init(struct altera_config *config, const struct firmware *fw)
 	int index = 0;
 	s32 offset = 0L;
 	s32 error_address = 0L;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	key = kzalloc(33 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!key)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	value = kzalloc(257 * sizeof(char), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!value)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	key = kzalloc(33, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!key) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	value = kzalloc(257, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!value) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_key;
+	}
 	astate = kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_state), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!astate)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!astate) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_value;
+	}
 
 	astate->config = config;
 	if (!astate->config->jtag_io) {
@@ -2518,10 +2525,12 @@ int altera_init(struct altera_config *config, const struct firmware *fw)
 	} else if (exec_result)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d\n", __func__, exec_result);
 
-	kfree(key);
-	kfree(value);
 	kfree(astate);
-
-	return 0;
+free_value:
+	kfree(value);
+free_key:
+	kfree(key);
+out:
+	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(altera_init);
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