Re: [PATCH] reiserfs : fix improper free in reiserfs_get_block

[Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>]

On 7/15/20 1:04 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 14-07-20 06:12:47, Tom Rix wrote:
>> On 7/14/20 6:10 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 06:05:09AM -0700, trix@redhat.com wrote:
>>>> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>>>>
>>>> clang static analysis flags this error
>>>>
>>>> inode.c:1083:5: warning: Argument to kfree() is the address of the
>>>>   local variable 'unf_single', which is not memory allocated by
>>>>   malloc() [unix.Malloc]
>>>>                                 kfree(un);
>>>>                                 ^~~~~~~~~
>>>> Assignment of 'un'
>>>>
>>>> 	/*
>>>> 	 * We use this in case we need to allocate
>>>> 	 * only one block which is a fastpath
>>>> 	 */
>>>> 	unp_t unf_single = 0;
>>>>
>>>> 	...
>>>>
>>>> 	if (blocks_needed == 1) {
>>>> 		un = &unf_single;
>>>> 	} else {
>>>> 		un = kcalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert),
>>>> 			     UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
>>>> 		if (!un) {
>>>> 			un = &unf_single;
>>>> 			blocks_needed = 1;
>>>> 			max_to_insert = 0;
>>>> 		}
>>>> 	}
>>>>
>>>> The logic to free 'un'
>>>>
>>>> 	if (blocks_needed != 1)
>>>> 		kfree(un);
>>>>
>>>> Because the kcalloc failure falls back to using unf_single,
>>>> the if-check for the free is wrong.
>>> I think you mean "Because clang's static analysis is limited, it
>>> warns incorrectly about this".  There's no path to get to the
>>> kfree with blocks_needed != 1 and un being equal to &unf_single.
>> Ok.
> I agree with Matthew the patch will make the code more obviously correct so
> it's a sensible cleanup. But the changelog needs to redone to reflect this
> is just a cleanup before the patch can be merged.
>
> 									Honza

I am going to look into the problem with the analyzer because that is where the fix should go.

If the problem isn't resolvable, i will loop back to this clean up.

Tom