Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: staging: wilc1000: Call kfree only for error cases

[Chandra Gorentla <csgorentla@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 09:44:57AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 02:57:30PM +0530, Chandra S Gorentla wrote:
> >  - kfree is being called for the members of the queue without
> >    de-queuing them; they are just inserted within this function;
> >    they are supposed to be de-queued and freed in a function
> >    for receiving the queue items
> >  - goto statements are removed
> >  - After kfree correction, there is no need for target block
> >    of goto statement; hence it is removed
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chandra S Gorentla <csgorentla@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c | 22 ++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
> > index 284a3f5..eae90be 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_msgqueue.c
> > @@ -56,32 +56,30 @@ int wilc_mq_destroy(WILC_MsgQueueHandle *pHandle)
> >  int wilc_mq_send(WILC_MsgQueueHandle *pHandle,
> >  			     const void *pvSendBuffer, u32 u32SendBufferSize)
> >  {
> > -	int result = 0;
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  	Message *pstrMessage = NULL;
> >  
> >  	if ((!pHandle) || (u32SendBufferSize == 0) || (!pvSendBuffer)) {
> >  		PRINT_ER("pHandle or pvSendBuffer is null\n");
> > -		result = -EFAULT;
> > -		goto ERRORHANDLER;
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (pHandle->bExiting) {
> >  		PRINT_ER("pHandle fail\n");
> > -		result = -EFAULT;
> > -		goto ERRORHANDLER;
> > +		return -EFAULT;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	/* construct a new message */
> >  	pstrMessage = kmalloc(sizeof(Message), GFP_ATOMIC);
> >  	if (!pstrMessage)
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> >  	pstrMessage->u32Length = u32SendBufferSize;
> >  	pstrMessage->pstrNext = NULL;
> >  	pstrMessage->pvBuffer = kmalloc(u32SendBufferSize, GFP_ATOMIC);
> >  	if (!pstrMessage->pvBuffer) {
> > -		result = -ENOMEM;
> > -		goto ERRORHANDLER;
> > +		kfree(pstrMessage);
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> >  	}
> >  	memcpy(pstrMessage->pvBuffer, pvSendBuffer, u32SendBufferSize);
> >  
> > @@ -102,15 +100,7 @@ int wilc_mq_send(WILC_MsgQueueHandle *pHandle,
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pHandle->strCriticalSection, flags);
> >  
> >  	up(&pHandle->hSem);
> > -
> > -ERRORHANDLER:
> > -	/* error occured, free any allocations */
> > -	if (pstrMessage) {
> > -		kfree(pstrMessage->pvBuffer);
> > -		kfree(pstrMessage);
> > -	}
> > -
> > -	return result;
> > +	return 0;
> 
> Aren't you now leaking memory as you aren't freeing pstrMessage and the
> buffer on the "normal" return path?
In the normal path kfree is called in a separate (wilc_mq_recv) function.
The purpose of the currently modified function (wilc_mq_send) is to post
a message to a queue by allocating memory for the message.  The receiver
function is supposed to remove the message from the queue and free the
memory.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h