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* [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
@ 2011-07-07 16:36 Vitaliy Ivanov
  2011-07-07 17:27 ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Vitaliy Ivanov @ 2011-07-07 16:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Dike, Richard Weinberger; +Cc: user-mode-linux-devel, LKML, vitalivanov

>From 9b9f36f46aa708c3245f5ded83f96421966b2edf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:23:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix

Perform memory cleanup on exit.
On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.

Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
index 9415dd9..989b653 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
@@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned char *addr,
 		       "buffer\n");
 
 	pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
-	if (pid < 0) return;
 
 	if (output != NULL) {
-		printk("%s", output);
+		if (pid >= 0) {
+			printk("%s", output);
+		}
 		kfree(output);
 	}
 }
-- 
1.7.0.4




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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
  2011-07-07 16:36 [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix Vitaliy Ivanov
@ 2011-07-07 17:27 ` Richard Weinberger
  2011-07-08 10:30   ` Vitaliy Ivanov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Weinberger @ 2011-07-07 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vitaliy Ivanov; +Cc: Jeff Dike, user-mode-linux-devel, LKML

Am Donnerstag 07 Juli 2011, 18:36:02 schrieb Vitaliy Ivanov:
> >From 9b9f36f46aa708c3245f5ded83f96421966b2edf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> 
> From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:23:13 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
> 
> Perform memory cleanup on exit.
> On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> index 9415dd9..989b653 100644
> --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> @@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned
> char *addr, "buffer\n");
> 
>  	pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
> -	if (pid < 0) return;
> 
>  	if (output != NULL) {
> -		printk("%s", output);
> +		if (pid >= 0) {
> +			printk("%s", output);
> +		}
>  		kfree(output);
>  	}
>  }

This control logic is a bit strange.
When change_tramp() fails we should not printk() the output variable.

if (pid < 0){
 free(output);
 return;
}

Would be much cleaner.

Thanks,
//richard

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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
  2011-07-07 17:27 ` Richard Weinberger
@ 2011-07-08 10:30   ` Vitaliy Ivanov
  2011-07-08 10:44     ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Vitaliy Ivanov @ 2011-07-08 10:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Weinberger; +Cc: Jeff Dike, user-mode-linux-devel, LKML

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 07 Juli 2011, 18:36:02 schrieb Vitaliy Ivanov:
>> >From 9b9f36f46aa708c3245f5ded83f96421966b2edf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>
>> From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:23:13 +0300
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
>>
>> Perform memory cleanup on exit.
>> On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 +++--
>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
>> index 9415dd9..989b653 100644
>> --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
>> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
>> @@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned
>> char *addr, "buffer\n");
>>
>>       pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
>> -     if (pid < 0) return;
>>
>>       if (output != NULL) {
>> -             printk("%s", output);
>> +             if (pid >= 0) {
>> +                     printk("%s", output);
>> +             }
>>               kfree(output);
>>       }
>>  }
>
> This control logic is a bit strange.
> When change_tramp() fails we should not printk() the output variable.
>
> if (pid < 0){
>  free(output);
>  return;
> }
>
> Would be much cleaner.

I just didn't want to clone this free-return stuff. So, what you
proposing is like this:
------------
...
        output = uml_kmalloc(output_len, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
        if (output == NULL)
                printk(UM_KERN_ERR "change : failed to allocate output "
                       "buffer\n");

        pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
        if (pid < 0) {
                free(output);               <---------- I'm not sure
but 'output' can be NULL here.
                return;
        }

        if (output != NULL) {
                printk("%s", output);
                kfree(output);
        }
}
------------

I was trying to print 'output' only in case change_tramp is
successful. That's the old logic. And at the same time perform free
only in case output is not NULL.


Vitaliy

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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
  2011-07-08 10:30   ` Vitaliy Ivanov
@ 2011-07-08 10:44     ` Richard Weinberger
  2011-07-08 13:00       ` Vitaliy Ivanov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Weinberger @ 2011-07-08 10:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vitaliy Ivanov; +Cc: Jeff Dike, user-mode-linux-devel, LKML

Am Freitag 08 Juli 2011, 12:30:56 schrieb Vitaliy Ivanov:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 07 Juli 2011, 18:36:02 schrieb Vitaliy Ivanov:
> >> >From 9b9f36f46aa708c3245f5ded83f96421966b2edf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> 
> >> From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:23:13 +0300
> >> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
> >> 
> >> Perform memory cleanup on exit.
> >> On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 +++--
> >>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> >> index 9415dd9..989b653 100644
> >> --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> >> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> >> @@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned
> >> char *addr, "buffer\n");
> >> 
> >>       pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
> >> -     if (pid < 0) return;
> >> 
> >>       if (output != NULL) {
> >> -             printk("%s", output);
> >> +             if (pid >= 0) {
> >> +                     printk("%s", output);
> >> +             }
> >>               kfree(output);
> >>       }
> >>  }
> > 
> > This control logic is a bit strange.
> > When change_tramp() fails we should not printk() the output variable.
> > 
> > if (pid < 0){
> >  free(output);
> >  return;
> > }
> > 
> > Would be much cleaner.
> 
> I just didn't want to clone this free-return stuff. So, what you
> proposing is like this:
> ------------
> ...
>         output = uml_kmalloc(output_len, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (output == NULL)
>                 printk(UM_KERN_ERR "change : failed to allocate output "
>                        "buffer\n");
> 
>         pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
>         if (pid < 0) {
>                 free(output);               <---------- I'm not sure
> but 'output' can be NULL here.
>                 return;
>         }
> 
>         if (output != NULL) {
>                 printk("%s", output);
>                 kfree(output);
>         }
> }
> ------------
> 
> I was trying to print 'output' only in case change_tramp is
> successful. That's the old logic. And at the same time perform free
> only in case output is not NULL.

Why?
Freeing a NULL pointer is perfectly fine.

Thanks,
//richard

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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
  2011-07-08 10:44     ` Richard Weinberger
@ 2011-07-08 13:00       ` Vitaliy Ivanov
  2011-07-08 15:42         ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Vitaliy Ivanov @ 2011-07-08 13:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Weinberger; +Cc: Jeff Dike, user-mode-linux-devel, LKML


> > > This control logic is a bit strange.
> > > When change_tramp() fails we should not printk() the output variable.
> > > 
> > > if (pid < 0){
> > >  free(output);
> > >  return;
> > > }
> > > 
> > > Would be much cleaner.
> > 
> > I just didn't want to clone this free-return stuff. So, what you
> > proposing is like this:
> > ------------
> > ...
> >         output = uml_kmalloc(output_len, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
> >         if (output == NULL)
> >                 printk(UM_KERN_ERR "change : failed to allocate output "
> >                        "buffer\n");
> > 
> >         pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
> >         if (pid < 0) {
> >                 free(output);               <---------- I'm not sure but 'output' can be NULL here.
> >                 return;
> >         }
> > 
> >         if (output != NULL) {
> >                 printk("%s", output);
> >                 kfree(output);
> >         }
> > }
> > ------------
> > 
> > I was trying to print 'output' only in case change_tramp is
> > successful. That's the old logic. And at the same time perform free
> > only in case output is not NULL.
> 
> Why?
> Freeing a NULL pointer is perfectly fine.

I should agree that something that you propose has better readability.

So, here is updated patch.

Thanks
---
>From b0c5ca0336cc94b2fda251e0da7918394e59c5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:54:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix

Perform memory cleanup on exit.
On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.

Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
---
 arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
index 9415dd9..5201188 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned char *addr,
 		       "buffer\n");
 
 	pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
-	if (pid < 0) return;
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		kfree(output);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (output != NULL) {
 		printk("%s", output);
-- 
1.7.0.4




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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
  2011-07-08 13:00       ` Vitaliy Ivanov
@ 2011-07-08 15:42         ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Weinberger @ 2011-07-08 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vitaliy Ivanov; +Cc: Jeff Dike, user-mode-linux-devel, LKML

Am Freitag 08 Juli 2011, 15:00:44 schrieb Vitaliy Ivanov:
> > > > This control logic is a bit strange.
> > > > When change_tramp() fails we should not printk() the output variable.
> > > > 
> > > > if (pid < 0){
> > > > 
> > > >  free(output);
> > > >  return;
> > > > 
> > > > }
> > > > 
> > > > Would be much cleaner.
> > > 
> > > I just didn't want to clone this free-return stuff. So, what you
> > > proposing is like this:
> > > ------------
> > > ...
> > > 
> > >         output = uml_kmalloc(output_len, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
> > >         if (output == NULL)
> > >         
> > >                 printk(UM_KERN_ERR "change : failed to allocate output
> > >                 "
> > >                 
> > >                        "buffer\n");
> > >         
> > >         pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
> > >         if (pid < 0) {
> > >         
> > >                 free(output);               <---------- I'm not sure
> > >                 but 'output' can be NULL here. return;
> > >         
> > >         }
> > >         
> > >         if (output != NULL) {
> > >         
> > >                 printk("%s", output);
> > >                 kfree(output);
> > >         
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > }
> > > ------------
> > > 
> > > I was trying to print 'output' only in case change_tramp is
> > > successful. That's the old logic. And at the same time perform free
> > > only in case output is not NULL.
> > 
> > Why?
> > Freeing a NULL pointer is perfectly fine.
> 
> I should agree that something that you propose has better readability.
> 
> So, here is updated patch.
> 
> Thanks
> ---
> 
> >From b0c5ca0336cc94b2fda251e0da7918394e59c5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> 
> From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:54:29 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
> 
> Perform memory cleanup on exit.
> On receiving invalid 'pid' we still should clean 'output' variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

Why are you adding my Signed-off-by?!
That's my job...

> ---
>  arch/um/drivers/net_user.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> index 9415dd9..5201188 100644
> --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
> @@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what, unsigned
> char *addr, "buffer\n");
> 
>  	pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
> -	if (pid < 0) return;
> +	if (pid < 0) {
> +		kfree(output);
> +		return;
> +	}
> 
>  	if (output != NULL) {
>  		printk("%s", output);

Anyway, Applied!

Thanks,
//richard

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