Re: [PATCH 5/5] efivarfs: efivarfs_fill_super() ensure we clean up correctly on error

[Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>]

Hi Andy,

> @@ -969,16 +970,18 @@
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>
>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
> -		struct inode *inode;
>   		struct dentry *dentry, *root = efivarfs_sb->s_root;
> -		char *name;
>   		unsigned long size = 0;
>   		int len, i;
>
> +		inode = NULL;
> +
>   		len = utf16_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);
>
>   		/* GUID plus trailing NULL */
>   		name = kmalloc(len + 38, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		if (!name)
> +			goto fail;
>
>   		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>   			name[i] = entry->var.VariableName[i] & 0xFF;
> @@ -991,7 +994,13 @@
>
>   		inode = efivarfs_get_inode(efivarfs_sb, root->d_inode,
>   					  S_IFREG | 0644, 0);
> +		if (!inode)
> +			goto fail_name;
> +			
>   		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name);
> +		if (!dentry)
> +			goto fail_inode;
> +
>   		/* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
>   		kfree(name);

If we break out of the loop on the second (and onwards) iteration, won't 
we still have the other inodes and dentries remaining allocated?

Cheers,


Jeremy