Re: [RFT PATCH 2/2] memory: fsl_ifc: fix leak of private memory on probe failure

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu May 27 2021 - 11:19:41 EST


On 27/05/2021 11:01, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 10:42:40AM -0400, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On probe error the driver should free the memory allocated for private
>> structure. Fix this by using resource-managed allocation.
>>
>> Fixes: a20cbdeffce2 ("powerpc/fsl: Add support for Integrated Flash Controller")
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Only build tested.
>> ---
>> drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c b/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
>> index a6324044a085..3ee7183b20fb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/memory/fsl_ifc.c
>> @@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static int fsl_ifc_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>>
>> dev_info(&dev->dev, "Freescale Integrated Flash Controller\n");
>>
>> - fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev),
>> + GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>
> You'd need to remove the kfree(ctrl) in the remove function as well or
> it will lead to a double free.

Yeah, thanks, I spotted it now also looking for more leaks.
>
> Unrelated to your patch but related to Smatch. The Smatch check for
> resource leaks which I mentioned check_unwind.c doesn't look for
> kmalloc() leaks because those are quite complicated to deal with.
> kmalloc() allocations are so much more common and that if you have a 5%
> false positive rate, then it's just overwhelming. There is a separate
> Smatch check for that but it's garbage and I need to re-write it.

Indeed I was thinking about this kmalloc. It should be the last one -
the IRQs seem to be handled.



Best regards,
Krzysztof