Static Analyis for cow.c: error Exception branch exits without releasing memory 'old' and 'new'
fix the issue by releasing the allocated memory. Signed-off-by: Malaya Kumar Rout <malayarou...@gmail.com> --- tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c index 9446673645eb..fdee42850548 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c @@ -168,18 +168,18 @@ static int child_vmsplice_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size, memcpy(old, mem, size); if (pipe(fds) < 0) - return -errno; + goto out; /* Trigger a read-only pin. */ transferred = vmsplice(fds[1], &iov, 1, 0); if (transferred < 0) - return -errno; + goto out; if (transferred == 0) return -EINVAL; /* Unmap it from our page tables. */ if (munmap(mem, size) < 0) - return -errno; + goto out; /* Wait until the parent modified it. */ write(comm_pipes->child_ready[1], "0", 1); @@ -190,10 +190,15 @@ static int child_vmsplice_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size, for (total = 0; total < transferred; total += cur) { cur = read(fds[0], new + total, transferred - total); if (cur < 0) - return -errno; + goto out; } return memcmp(old, new, transferred); + +out: + free(old); + free(new); + return -errno; } typedef int (*child_fn)(char *mem, size_t size, struct comm_pipes *comm_pipes); -- 2.43.0