Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: imx: fix error handling

[walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>]

Am 16.05.2014 11:54, schrieb Emil Goode:
> If we fail to allocate struct platform_device pdev we
> dereference it after the goto label err.
> 
> I have rearranged the error handling a bit to fix the issue
> and also make it more clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2: Changed to return -ENOMEM instead of ret where possible and
>     updated the subject line.
> 
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c |   22 +++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> index fc4dd7c..68f2a4a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c
> @@ -77,34 +77,38 @@ struct platform_device *__init imx_alloc_mx3_camera(
>  
>  	pdev = platform_device_alloc("mx3-camera", 0);
>  	if (!pdev)
> -		goto err;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
>  	pdev->dev.dma_mask = kmalloc(sizeof(*pdev->dev.dma_mask), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask)
> -		goto err;
> +		goto put_pdev;
>  
>  	*pdev->dev.dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
>  	pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
>  
>  	ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, ARRAY_SIZE(res));
>  	if (ret)
> -		goto err;
> +		goto free_dma_mask;
>  
>  	if (pdata) {
>  		struct mx3_camera_pdata *copied_pdata;
>  
>  		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, pdata, sizeof(*pdata));
> -		if (ret) {
> -err:
> -			kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask);
> -			platform_device_put(pdev);
> -			return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> -		}
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto free_dma_mask;
> +
>  		copied_pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
>  		copied_pdata->dma_dev = &imx_ipu_coredev->dev;


the patch is fine, but what use is this copied_pdata ?
It scope ends next line ?

re,
 wh

>  	}
>  
>  	return pdev;
> +
> +free_dma_mask:
> +	kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask);
> +put_pdev:
> +	platform_device_put(pdev);
> +
> +	return ERR_PTR(ret);
>  }
>  
>  struct platform_device *__init imx_add_mx3_sdc_fb(