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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] IOMUX: Preserve console list if realloc() fails
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:01:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201221120130.GO4077@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ1zHSSroF7x03yrigu3F0=pf2Xoi0b5E=wrM9+h8kvZYQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 07:29:19PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 16:16, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's realloc() 101 to avoid `foo = realloc(foo, ...);` call
> > due to getting a memory leak.
> 
> Hmm I don't think I knew that...

When you use the same variable for the source and destination in case of NULL
the source gone.

It's okay to have

	foo = bar;
	bar = realloc(bar, ...);
	if (bar == NULL)
	...do something with foo if needed...

But it seems it's not the case here.

> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-21 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-16 23:16 [PATCH v2 1/7] console: Introduce console_start() and console_stop() Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] console: Keep ->start() and ->stop() balanced Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-17  9:48   ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] IOMUX: move search_device() to console.h Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] IOMUX: Preserve console list if realloc() fails Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-21 12:01     ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2020-12-21 16:47       ` Simon Glass
2020-12-21 17:17         ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-21 17:33           ` Simon Glass
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] IOMUX: Refactor iomux_doenv() in order to increase readability Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-21 12:04     ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-21 16:47       ` Simon Glass
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] IOMUX: Drop indentation level by removing redundant 'else' Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-16 23:16 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] IOMUX: Stop dropped consoles Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-19  2:29   ` Simon Glass
2020-12-19  2:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] console: Introduce console_start() and console_stop() Simon Glass

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