From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756832Ab3APVNN (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:13:13 -0500 Received: from smtp.snhosting.dk ([87.238.248.203]:33480 "EHLO smtp.domainteam.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756332Ab3APVNM (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:13:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:13:09 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Cong Ding Cc: "David S. Miller" , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: kernel/sbus.c: fix memory leakage Message-ID: <20130116211309.GA13993@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <1358199372-11976-1-git-send-email-dinggnu@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1358199372-11976-1-git-send-email-dinggnu@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:36:08PM +0100, Cong Ding wrote: > the variable iommu and strbuf are not freed if it goes to error. > > Signed-off-by: Cong Ding > --- > arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > index 1271b3a..0b66e53 100644 > --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sbus.c > @@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ static void __init sbus_iommu_init(struct platform_device *op) > > iommu = kzalloc(sizeof(*iommu), GFP_ATOMIC); > if (!iommu) > - goto fatal_memory_error; > + goto fatal_iommu_memory_error; > strbuf = kzalloc(sizeof(*strbuf), GFP_ATOMIC); > if (!strbuf) > - goto fatal_memory_error; > + goto fatal_strbuf_memory_error; > > op->dev.archdata.iommu = iommu; > op->dev.archdata.stc = strbuf; > @@ -656,6 +656,10 @@ static void __init sbus_iommu_init(struct platform_device *op) > return; > > fatal_memory_error: > + kfree(strbuf); > +fatal_strbuf_memory_error: > + kfree(iommu); > +fatal_iommu_memory_error: > prom_printf("sbus_iommu_init: Fatal memory allocation error.\n"); > } kfree is a noop if passed a null pointer. So you can just add the missing kfree's to fix this. Sam