Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:00:16 -0600 | From | Grant Likely <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c: Add of_node_put to avoid memory leak |
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On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:48:58PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > Add a call to of_node_put in the error handling code following a call to > of_find_node_by_type. > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @r exists@ > local idexpression x; > expression E,E1,E2; > statement S; > @@ > > *x = > (of_find_node_by_path > |of_find_node_by_name > |of_find_node_by_phandle > |of_get_parent > |of_get_next_parent > |of_get_next_child > |of_find_compatible_node > |of_match_node > |of_find_node_by_type > |of_find_node_with_property > |of_find_matching_node > |of_parse_phandle > )(...); > ... > if (x == NULL) S > <... when != x = E > *if (...) { > ... when != of_node_put(x) > when != if (...) { ... of_node_put(x); ... } > ( > return <+...x...+>; > | > * return ...; > ) > } > ...> > ( > E2 = x; > | > of_node_put(x); > ) > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> > --- > arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c > index ba3588f..d3ceff0 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c > @@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ void __init chrp_nvram_init(void) > return; > > nbytes_p = of_get_property(nvram, "#bytes", &proplen); > - if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int)) > + if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int)) { > + of_node_put(nvram); > return; > + } > > nvram_size = *nbytes_p; > >
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