Re: [PATCH]optimize error handling in tick_check_new_device

[Nicolai Stange]

"Gaurav Jindal (Gaurav Jindal)" <Gaurav.Jindal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> index 4fcd99e..23faf4a 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> @@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ void tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
>  	td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
>  	curdev = td->evtdev;


>
> +	if (!try_module_get(newdev->owner))
> +		return;
> +

Doesn't this leak a reference to newdev->owner if one of the following
conditions hold?

>  	/* cpu local device ? */
>  	if (!tick_check_percpu(curdev, newdev, cpu))
>  		goto out_bc;
> @@ -315,8 +318,6 @@ void tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
>  	if (!tick_check_preferred(curdev, newdev))
>  		goto out_bc;



> -	if (!try_module_get(newdev->owner))
> -		return;
>

Thanks,

Nicolai