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From: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
To: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, kristen.c.accardi@intel.com,
	matthew@wil.cx, kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:40:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080922214025.GE3035@ldl.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809101658.14823.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>

* Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>:
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We hit this the first time through, which gives us
> > +	 * space for terminating NULL, and then every power of 10
> > +	 * afterwards, which gives us space to add another digit
> > +	 * to "name-XX..."
> > +	 */
> > +	if (dup % width == 0) {
> > +		len++;
> > +		width *= 10;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	new_name = krealloc(new_name, len, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!new_name)
> > +		goto out;
> 
> If krealloc() fails you will leak the old new_name here.

Thanks for catching this. I already responded to Willy that I'm
changing it to:

	kfree(new_name);
	new_name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);

That will prevent any leaks.

Thanks for the review.

/ac


  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-22 21:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-17  0:14 [PATCH 00/13] PCI: let the core manage slot names Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:15 ` [PATCH 01/13] PCI Hotplug core: add 'name' param pci_hp_register interface Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:16 ` [PATCH 02/13] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names Alex Chiang
2008-08-21 10:24   ` Kenji Kaneshige
2008-09-09  9:04     ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00       ` [PATCH v2 00/13] PCI: let the core manage " Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 01/13] PCI Hotplug core: add 'name' param pci_hp_register interface Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 12:05           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-09 17:18             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 02/13] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 13:07           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-22 21:38             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-22 22:42               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-10 14:58           ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-09-22 21:40             ` Alex Chiang [this message]
2008-09-11  2:47           ` Kenji Kaneshige
2008-09-11 10:37             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-23  0:05             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 03/13] PCI, PCI Hotplug: introduce slot_name helpers Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 14:30           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 04/13] PCI: acpiphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 14:38           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-23  1:16             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 05/13] PCI: cpci_hotplug: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 15:04           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-09 21:11             ` Scott Murray
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 06/13] PCI: cpqphp: " Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 15:08           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-09-23  1:20             ` Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 07/13] PCI: fakephp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 08/13] PCI: ibmphp: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 09/13] PCI: pciehp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 10/13] PCI: rpaphp: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:00         ` [PATCH v2 11/13] PCI: SGI Hotplug: stop managing bss_hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:01         ` [PATCH v2 12/13] PCI: shcphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-09-09 10:01         ` [PATCH v2 13/13] PCI: Hotplug core: remove 'name' Alex Chiang
2008-09-11  2:43       ` [PATCH 02/13] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names Kenji Kaneshige
2008-08-17  0:16 ` [PATCH 03/13] PCI, PCI Hotplug: introduce slot_name helpers Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:16 ` [PATCH 04/13] PCI: acpiphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  8:59   ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-08-19 18:39     ` Alex Chiang
2008-08-19 21:01       ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-08-19 21:26         ` Alex Chiang
2008-08-19 21:40       ` Jesse Barnes
2008-08-19 23:50         ` Alex Chiang
2008-08-20  2:25           ` Kenji Kaneshige
2008-08-17  0:16 ` [PATCH 05/13] PCI: cpci_hotplug: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:16 ` [PATCH 06/13] PCI: cpqphp: " Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 07/13] PCI: fakephp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 08/13] PCI: ibmphp: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 09/13] PCI: pciehp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 10/13] PCI: rpaphp: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 11/13] PCI: SGI Hotplug: stop managing bss_hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 12/13] PCI: shcphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-08-17  0:17 ` [PATCH 13/13] PCI: Hotplug core: remove 'name' Alex Chiang

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