[PATCH] ocfs2: fix memory leak

[PATCH] ocfs2: fix memory leak

[Jiri Slaby]

Stanse found that o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item leaks some memory on
fail paths. Fix the paths by adding a new label and jump there.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c |   14 ++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 52c7557..9f26ac9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1964,8 +1964,10 @@ static struct config_item *o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item(struct config_group *g
 	if (reg == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	if (strlen(name) > O2HB_MAX_REGION_NAME_LEN)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+	if (strlen(name) > O2HB_MAX_REGION_NAME_LEN) {
+		ret = -ENAMETOOLONG;
+		goto free;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&o2hb_live_lock);
 	reg->hr_region_num = 0;
@@ -1974,7 +1976,8 @@ static struct config_item *o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item(struct config_group *g
 							 O2NM_MAX_REGIONS);
 		if (reg->hr_region_num >= O2NM_MAX_REGIONS) {
 			spin_unlock(&o2hb_live_lock);
-			return ERR_PTR(-EFBIG);
+			ret = -EFBIG;
+			goto free;
 		}
 		set_bit(reg->hr_region_num, o2hb_region_bitmap);
 	}
@@ -1986,10 +1989,13 @@ static struct config_item *o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item(struct config_group *g
 	ret = o2hb_debug_region_init(reg, o2hb_debug_dir);
 	if (ret) {
 		config_item_put(&reg->hr_item);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		goto free;
 	}
 
 	return &reg->hr_item;
+free:
+	kfree(reg);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static void o2hb_heartbeat_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
-- 
1.7.3.1

Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: fix memory leak

[Joel Becker]

On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 10:06:52AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Stanse found that o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item leaks some memory on
> fail paths. Fix the paths by adding a new label and jump there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
> Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org

	This patch is now in the fixes branch of ocfs2.git.

Joel


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Joel Becker
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E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com
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