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SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: fix memory leak in __xen_pcibk_add_pci_dev()
>>> On 31.03.14 at 12:08, <daeseok.youn@gmail.com> wrote:

> It need to free dev_entry when it failed to assign to a new
> slot on the virtual PCI bus.
>
> smatch says:
> drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c:142 __xen_pcibk_add_pci_dev() warn:
> possible memory leak of 'dev_entry'
>
> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

albeit the solution is not ideal:

> --- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static int __xen_pcibk_add_pci_dev(struct
> xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
> err = -ENOMEM;
> xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
> "No more space on root virtual PCI bus");
> + kfree(dev_entry);
>
> unlock:
> mutex_unlock(&vpci_dev->lock);

The kfree() invocation would better be placed outside the locked
region (e.g. in an else to the "if (!err)" a little further down).

Jan



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