On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:13:09PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 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 <ding...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > 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
as far as I know, most codes in the kernel are in the same style as this
patch, but if you really prefer to do in the way you described I can send
a new version.
Let me know.
- cong
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