Re: [PATCH] drm/nouveau/clk/gm20b: Fix memory leak in gm20b_clk_new

From: Ben Skeggs
Date: Sun May 31 2020 - 17:27:11 EST


On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 19:42, Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When gk20a_clk_ctor() returns an error code, pointer "clk"
> should be released. It's the same when gm20b_clk_new()
> returns from elsewhere following this call.
This shouldn't be necessary. If a subdev constructor fails, and
returns a pointer, the core will call the destructor to clean things
up.

Ben.

>
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/clk/gm20b.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/clk/gm20b.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/clk/gm20b.c
> index b284e949f732..a5aeba74d3b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/clk/gm20b.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/clk/gm20b.c
> @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ gm20b_clk_new(struct nvkm_device *device, int index, struct nvkm_clk **pclk)
> ret = gk20a_clk_ctor(device, index, &gm20b_clk, clk_params,
> &clk->base);
> if (ret)
> - return ret;
> + goto out_free;
>
> /*
> * NAPLL can only work with max_u, clamp the m range so
> @@ -1067,8 +1067,8 @@ gm20b_clk_new(struct nvkm_device *device, int index, struct nvkm_clk **pclk)
> nvkm_warn(subdev, "no fused calibration parameters\n");
>
> ret = gm20b_clk_init_safe_fmax(clk);
> - if (ret)
> - return ret;
>
> - return 0;
> +out_free:
> + kfree(clk);
> + return ret;
> }
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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