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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Input: xpad - return proper error in error path
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:33:43 -0800
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Cc: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Marko Friedemann <mfr@bmx-chemnitz.de>, Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@googlemail.com>, linux-input@vger.kernel.org

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 02:41:08PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Freitag, 12. November 2010, 03:48:36 schrieb Axel Lin:
> > In current implementation, xpad_probe return 0 when
> > usb_alloc_urb failed for xpad->bulk_out and kzalloc failed for xpad->bdata.
> > 
> > This patch removes the initialization for error variable,
> > assign the error code at the place the error happens instead.
> 
> I am afraid you cannot let stand the order of allocations here anyway,
> as xpad->irq_in is currently submitted before xpad->bulk_out is allocated.
> That however is a race, because the callback for irq_in can call
> xpad360w_process_packet(), which will in turn submit the bulk URB.
> 
> I am afraid your patch is pointless unless the logic is also fixed.

I do not think it is fair to call the patch pointless. It does fix the
resource leak and can be a basis for further rework.

-- 
Dmitry