[PATCH 5/5] UML - clean up error path

[PATCH 5/5] UML - clean up error path

[Jeff Dike]

This cleans an error path which used to leak file descriptors by returning
without trying to tidy up.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.12-rc/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc.orig/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c	2005-06-02 17:04:11.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c	2005-06-03 17:46:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -143,22 +143,22 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tt
 {
 	struct winch_data data;
 	unsigned long stack;
-	int fds[2], pid, n, err;
+	int fds[2], n, err;
 	char c;
 
 	err = os_pipe(fds, 1, 1);
 	if(err < 0){
 		printk("winch_tramp : os_pipe failed, err = %d\n", -err);
-		return(err);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	data = ((struct winch_data) { .pty_fd 		= fd,
 				      .pipe_fd 		= fds[1],
 				      .close_me 	= fds[0] } );
-	pid = run_helper_thread(winch_thread, &data, 0, &stack, 0);
-	if(pid < 0){
+	err = run_helper_thread(winch_thread, &data, 0, &stack, 0);
+	if(err < 0){
 		printk("fork of winch_thread failed - errno = %d\n", errno);
-		return(pid);
+		goto out_close;
 	}
 
 	os_close_file(fds[1]);
@@ -168,14 +168,22 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tt
 		printk("winch_tramp : failed to read synchronization byte\n");
 		printk("read failed, err = %d\n", -n);
 		printk("fd %d will not support SIGWINCH\n", fd);
-                pid = -1;
+                err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_close1;
 	}
-	return(pid);
+	return err ;
+
+ out_close:
+	os_close_file(fds[1]);
+ out_close1:
+	os_close_file(fds[0]);
+ out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 void register_winch(int fd, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	int pid, thread, thread_fd;
+	int pid, thread, thread_fd = -1;
 	int count;
 	char c = 1;
 

Re: [PATCH 5/5] UML - clean up error path

[Andrew Morton]

Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> wrote:
>
> This cleans an error path which used to leak file descriptors by returning
> without trying to tidy up.

The code in 2.6.12-rc6 is quite different from whatever you've patched here.

Re: [PATCH 5/5] UML - clean up error path

[Andrew Morton]

Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> wrote:
> >
> > This cleans an error path which used to leak file descriptors by returning
> > without trying to tidy up.
> 
> The code in 2.6.12-rc6 is quite different from whatever you've patched here.

Ah.  Please ignore.  The patches arrived out-of-order, with a huge time gap.