On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:04:34PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > We'd better not nlmsg_free on a pointer containing an undefined value > > (and without having anything allocated)... > > > > Spotted by the Coverity checker. > > > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- > > > > kernel/taskstats.c | 12 ++++++------ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > --- linux-2.6/kernel/taskstats.c.old 2007-10-23 19:01:07.000000000 > > +0200 > > +++ linux-2.6/kernel/taskstats.c 2007-10-23 19:21:54.000000000 +0200 >... > > if (rc < 0) > > - goto err; > > + return rc; > > > > We miss a fput_light() here
Sorry, my fault. > > na = nla_reserve(rep_skb, CGROUPSTATS_TYPE_CGROUP_STATS, > > sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); > > stats = nla_data(na); > > memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats)); > > > > rc = cgroupstats_build(stats, file->f_dentry); > > + > > + fput_light(file, fput_needed); > > + > > I don't understand this movement, it makes code reading a bit odd too. > rc is the result, but we check the result after fput_light? >... I considered it more odd to read rc = cgroupstats_build(stats, file->f_dentry); if (rc < 0) goto err; fput_light(file, fput_needed); return send_reply(rep_skb, info->snd_pid); err: fput_light(file, fput_needed); nlmsg_free(rep_skb); But that's just personal taste. Anyway, duplicating the same fput_light() call two or three times isn't nice. Originally I had the bigger patch below and considered it too big for only this fix, but now I think it might be appropriate. If you ignore whitespace when diff'ing, then all it does is: <-- snip --> @@ -398,7 +398,9 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) fd = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[CGROUPSTATS_CMD_ATTR_FD]); file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed); - if (file) { + if (!file) + return 0; + size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); rc = prepare_reply(info, CGROUPSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, @@ -412,17 +414,15 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats)); rc = cgroupstats_build(stats, file->f_dentry); - if (rc < 0) + if (rc < 0) { + nlmsg_free(rep_skb); goto err; - - fput_light(file, fput_needed); - return send_reply(rep_skb, info->snd_pid); } + rc = send_reply(rep_skb, info->snd_pid); + err: - if (file) fput_light(file, fput_needed); - nlmsg_free(rep_skb); return rc; } <-- snip --> Is this patch OK for you? cu Adrian <-- snip --> We'd better not nlmsg_free on a pointer containing an undefined value (and without having anything allocated). Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/taskstats.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) eedd297ac36b5d92fc38b937677ba40dc6df1cd0 diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c index 354e74b..07e86a8 100644 --- a/kernel/taskstats.c +++ b/kernel/taskstats.c @@ -398,31 +398,31 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) fd = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[CGROUPSTATS_CMD_ATTR_FD]); file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed); - if (file) { - size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); + if (!file) + return 0; - rc = prepare_reply(info, CGROUPSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, - size); - if (rc < 0) - goto err; + size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); - na = nla_reserve(rep_skb, CGROUPSTATS_TYPE_CGROUP_STATS, - sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); - stats = nla_data(na); - memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats)); + rc = prepare_reply(info, CGROUPSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, + size); + if (rc < 0) + goto err; - rc = cgroupstats_build(stats, file->f_dentry); - if (rc < 0) - goto err; + na = nla_reserve(rep_skb, CGROUPSTATS_TYPE_CGROUP_STATS, + sizeof(struct cgroupstats)); + stats = nla_data(na); + memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats)); - fput_light(file, fput_needed); - return send_reply(rep_skb, info->snd_pid); + rc = cgroupstats_build(stats, file->f_dentry); + if (rc < 0) { + nlmsg_free(rep_skb); + goto err; } + rc = send_reply(rep_skb, info->snd_pid); + err: - if (file) - fput_light(file, fput_needed); - nlmsg_free(rep_skb); + fput_light(file, fput_needed); return rc; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/