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* [V2] kexec_file: use crypto_free_shash to free memory
@ 2017-08-09 11:30 Pan Bian
  2017-08-10  2:28 ` Baoquan He
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Pan Bian @ 2017-08-09 11:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Biederman; +Cc: kexec, linux-kernel, Pan Bian

In function kexec_calculate_store_digests(), kfree() is used to free
memory allocated by crypto_alloc_shash(). It is better to use function
crypto_free_shash(), which frees up tfm and any resources associated with
it. And then, the refcount of the algorithm used in crypto_alloc_shash()
is also dropped.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
---
 kernel/kexec_file.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 9f48f44..94eeb38 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image)
 out_free_desc:
 	kfree(desc);
 out_free_tfm:
-	kfree(tfm);
+	crypto_free_shash(tfm);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

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* Re: [V2] kexec_file: use crypto_free_shash to free memory
  2017-08-09 11:30 [V2] kexec_file: use crypto_free_shash to free memory Pan Bian
@ 2017-08-10  2:28 ` Baoquan He
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Baoquan He @ 2017-08-10  2:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pan Bian, akpm; +Cc: Eric Biederman, kexec, linux-kernel

On 08/09/17 at 07:30pm, Pan Bian wrote:
> In function kexec_calculate_store_digests(), kfree() is used to free
> memory allocated by crypto_alloc_shash(). It is better to use function
> crypto_free_shash(), which frees up tfm and any resources associated with
> it. And then, the refcount of the algorithm used in crypto_alloc_shash()
> is also dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>

Makes sense to call the crypto alloc/free api in pairs.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>

> ---
>  kernel/kexec_file.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> index 9f48f44..94eeb38 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image)
>  out_free_desc:
>  	kfree(desc);
>  out_free_tfm:
> -	kfree(tfm);
> +	crypto_free_shash(tfm);
>  out:
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 
> 
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