Re: [PATCH] [STACK] >3k call path in ide

["Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>]

On Wed, 16 June 2004 09:11:11 +0200, Florian Schirmer wrote:
> 
> >  failed:
> >      ide_release(link);
> >      link->state &= ~DEV_CONFIG_PENDING;
> >
> > +    /* memory allocation errors */
> > +err_cisparse:
> > +    kfree(cfginfo);
> > +err_cfginfo:
> > +    kfree(def_cte);
> > +err_def_cte:
> > +    kfree(tbuf);
> > +err_tbuf:
> > +    printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-cs: ide_config failed memory allocation\n");
> > +    goto failed;
> >  } /* ide_config */
> 
> Huh? This will either leak memory (non alloc error case) or deadlock (mem 
> alloc error case). I'm missing something?

Leak memory.  I also tend to depend on the fact that kfree(NULL) works
just fine:

err_kfree:
	kfree(cfginfo);
	kfree(def_cte);
	kfree(tbuf);
	printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-cs: ide_config failed memory allocation\n");
	goto failed;

Makes the error path a little simpler.

Jörn

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