Re: [PATCH 03/19] staging: r8188eu: release_firmware is not called if allocation fails

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 02:15:19PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 1/7/22 13:36, Michael Straube wrote:
> > In function load_firmware() release_firmware() is not called if the
> > allocation of pFirmware->szFwBuffer fails or if fw->size is greater
> > than FW_8188E_SIZE.
> > 
> > Move the call to release_firmware() to the exit label at the end of
> > the function to fix this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
> > index dc41682fd8d6..cfafbb6c42f7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c
> > @@ -538,10 +538,10 @@ static int load_firmware(struct rt_firmware *pFirmware, struct device *device)
> >   	}
> >   	memcpy(pFirmware->szFwBuffer, fw->data, fw->size);
> >   	pFirmware->ulFwLength = fw->size;
> > -	release_firmware(fw);
> >   	dev_dbg(device, "!bUsedWoWLANFw, FmrmwareLen:%d+\n", pFirmware->ulFwLength);
> >   Exit:
> > +	release_firmware(fw);
> >   	return rtStatus;
> >   }
> 
> 
> This patch looks like a bug fix and it should go to stable kernels as well.
> The problem is this patch is made on top of 2 previous clean up patches, so
> it can't go to stable as is.
> 
> I think, the less painful way is to move this patch on the first place in
> this series. On the other hand you can just resend this one separately.
> 
> 
> Or, maybe, Greg knows some magic that will help here, we can wait him before
> you resend 20 patch series :)

It's just not worth it for this staging driver, and for an allocation
failure, to be backported here.  Allocation failures almost never happen
in real-world situations, and if they do, they are not alone, so this
would be the least of the problems happening here.

So no need to care about it, I can take this as-is.

thanks,

greg k-h