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* [PATCH] UBI: fastmap: fix a mem leak on error path
@ 2013-09-27 15:37 Richard Genoud
  2013-09-27 19:44 ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Richard Genoud @ 2013-09-27 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Weinberger, Artem Bityutskiy
  Cc: David Woodhouse, linux-mtd, linux-kernel, Richard Genoud

If the scan_pool() function fails, the "free" list is not freed.
This leads to destroy_ai(ai) complaining with:
"kmem_cache_destroy ubi_ainf_peb_slab: Slab cache still has objects"

Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
index 05067f5..22eb527 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
@@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 fail_bad:
 	ret = UBI_BAD_FASTMAP;
 fail:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &free, u.list) {
+		kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
+		list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4


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* Re: [PATCH] UBI: fastmap: fix a mem leak on error path
  2013-09-27 15:37 [PATCH] UBI: fastmap: fix a mem leak on error path Richard Genoud
@ 2013-09-27 19:44 ` Richard Weinberger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Richard Weinberger @ 2013-09-27 19:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Richard Genoud; +Cc: Artem Bityutskiy, David Woodhouse, linux-mtd, linux-kernel

Am 27.09.2013 17:37, schrieb Richard Genoud:
> If the scan_pool() function fails, the "free" list is not freed.
> This leads to destroy_ai(ai) complaining with:
> "kmem_cache_destroy ubi_ainf_peb_slab: Slab cache still has objects"

Hmm, I *think* we need to take care about used and eba_orphans too.
Tomorrow I'll have time to investigate...

Thanks,
//richard

> Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
> index 05067f5..22eb527 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
> @@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
>  fail_bad:
>  	ret = UBI_BAD_FASTMAP;
>  fail:
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &free, u.list) {
> +		kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
> +		list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
> +	}
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> 


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