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From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/9] IOMUX: Preserve console list if realloc() fails
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:25:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210116162500.GV9782@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201221123008.9930-6-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 02:30:05PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> It's realloc() 101 to avoid `foo = realloc(foo, ...);` call
> due to getting a memory leak.
> 
> Actually it's not clear why realloc() has been used here.
> If we shrink the array, the memcpy() overwrites it anyway
> with the contents of a new array. If it becomes bigger,
> same story.
> 
> Drop useless realloc() for good and thus preserve console list
> in case of failed allocation.
> 
> Fixes: 16a28ef219c2 ("IOMUX: Add console multiplexing support.")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-16 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-21 12:30 [PATCH v3 1/9] console: Introduce console_start() and console_stop() Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] console: Keep ->start() and ->stop() balanced Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-21 16:47   ` Simon Glass
2021-01-16 16:24   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] console: move search_device() from iomux.h to console.h Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:24   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] console: rename search_device() to console_search_dev() Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-21 16:47   ` Simon Glass
2021-01-16 16:24   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] console: Provide a documentation for console_search_dev() Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:24   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] IOMUX: Preserve console list if realloc() fails Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:25   ` Tom Rini [this message]
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] IOMUX: Refactor iomux_doenv() in order to increase readability Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:25   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] IOMUX: Drop indentation level by removing redundant 'else' Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:25   ` Tom Rini
2020-12-21 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] IOMUX: Stop dropped consoles Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-16 16:25   ` Tom Rini
2021-01-16 16:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] console: Introduce console_start() and console_stop() Tom Rini

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