RE: [PATCH v2 2/4] extcon: Added extcon_alloc_cables to simplify extcon register function

From: MyungJoo Ham
Date: Fri Feb 24 2023 - 05:05:10 EST


>--------- Original Message ---------
>Sender : 이범우 <bw365.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx>Product S/W Lab(VD)/삼성전자
>Date : 2023-02-20 14:45 (GMT+9)
>Title : [PATCH v2 2/4] extcon: Added extcon_alloc_cables to simplify extcon register function
> 
>The cable allocation part is functionalized from extcon_dev_register.
>
>Signed-off-by: Bumwoo Lee <bw365.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
>index adcf01132f70..3c2f540785e8 100644
>--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
>+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
>@@ -1070,6 +1070,61 @@ void extcon_dev_free(struct extcon_dev *edev)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(extcon_dev_free);
> 
>+/**
>+ * extcon_alloc_cables() - alloc the cables for extcon device
>+ * @edev:        extcon device which has cables
>+ *
>+ * Returns 0 if success or error number if fail.
>+ */
>+static int extcon_alloc_cables(struct extcon_dev *edev)
>+{
>+        int index;
>+        char *str;
>+        struct extcon_cable *cable;
>+
>+        if (!edev->max_supported)
>+                return 0;
>+
>+        edev->cables = kcalloc(edev->max_supported,
>+                               sizeof(struct extcon_cable),
>+                               GFP_KERNEL);
>+        if (!edev->cables)
>+                return -ENOMEM;
>+
>+        for (index = 0; index < edev->max_supported; index++) {
>+                cable = &edev->cables[index];
>+
>+                str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "cable.%d", index);
>+                if (!str) {
>+                        for (index--; index >= 0; index--) {
>+                                cable = &edev->cables[index];
>+                                kfree(cable->attr_g.name);
>+                        }
>+                        return -ENOMEM;

You have a memory leak.
edev->cables is allocated and
you are not freeing it.

In the previous code, it was freed by
having different err-goto labels.

Please check if you have similar errors
in other patches of this series.

...

>@@ -1282,7 +1296,7 @@ int extcon_dev_register(struct extcon_dev *edev)
> err_alloc_cables:
>         if (edev->max_supported)
>                 kfree(edev->cables);
>-err_sysfs_alloc:
>+
>         return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(extcon_dev_register);
>--
>2.35.1
>
>

Cheers,
MyungJoo.