From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, kristen.c.accardi@intel.com,
kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:42:32 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080922224232.GB27204@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080922213845.GD3035@ldl.fc.hp.com>
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 03:38:45PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> As Rolf Eike Beer pointed out, a failed krealloc() will leak the
> old version of new_name, so I did this instead:
>
> kfree(new_name);
> new_name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> This is better than krealloc() in several ways:
>
> 1. we avoid the unneeded memcpy that krealloc() does for
> us. we don't need it because we're going to sprintf over
> it anyway.
>
> 2. the explicit kfree(new_name) means we won't leak
> anything.
Agreed.
--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-22 22:42 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 [this message]
2008-09-10 14:58 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-09-22 21:40 ` Alex Chiang
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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