* [PATCH v3] edd: fix possible memory leak in edd_init() error path
@ 2010-07-13 5:02 Axel Lin
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From: Axel Lin @ 2010-07-13 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Stephen Hemminger, Jens Axboe, David Teigland, Pekka Enberg,
Hans J. Koch, Andrew Morton
This version simply fix the coding style in v2. ( warnning by checkpatch.pl )
>From 7400dff50f7a6036839009d6990fd5c11f0654db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:56:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH v3] edd: fix possible memory leak in edd_init() error path
The error may happen at any iteration of the for loop,
this patch properly unregisters already registed edd_devices in error path.
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>
---
drivers/firmware/edd.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 110e24e..f287fe7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static inline int edd_num_devices(void)
static int __init
edd_init(void)
{
- unsigned int i;
+ int i;
int rc=0;
struct edd_device *edev;
@@ -760,21 +760,27 @@ edd_init(void)
if (!edd_kset)
return -ENOMEM;
- for (i = 0; i < edd_num_devices() && !rc; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < edd_num_devices(); i++) {
edev = kzalloc(sizeof (*edev), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!edev)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!edev) {
+ rc = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
rc = edd_device_register(edev, i);
if (rc) {
kfree(edev);
- break;
+ goto out;
}
edd_devices[i] = edev;
}
- if (rc)
- kset_unregister(edd_kset);
+ return 0;
+
+out:
+ while (--i >= 0)
+ edd_device_unregister(edd_devices[i]);
+ kset_unregister(edd_kset);
return rc;
}
--
1.5.4.3
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