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* [PATCH] mtd: fix possible memory leak in logfs_mtd_can_write_buf()
@ 2012-09-02 14:19 Wei Yongjun
  2012-09-03  3:53 ` prasad
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Wei Yongjun @ 2012-09-02 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: joern, prasadjoshi.linux; +Cc: yongjun_wei, logfs, linux-kernel

From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>

buf has been allocated in this function and should be
freed before leaving from the error handling case.

spatch with a semantic match is used to found this problem.
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
---
 fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
index 9c50144..427bb73 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ static int logfs_mtd_can_write_buf(struct super_block *sb, u64 ofs)
 		goto out;
 	if (memchr_inv(buf, 0xff, super->s_writesize))
 		err = -EIO;
-	kfree(buf);
 out:
+	kfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 



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* Re: [PATCH] mtd: fix possible memory leak in logfs_mtd_can_write_buf()
  2012-09-02 14:19 [PATCH] mtd: fix possible memory leak in logfs_mtd_can_write_buf() Wei Yongjun
@ 2012-09-03  3:53 ` prasad
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: prasad @ 2012-09-03  3:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wei Yongjun, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20=22=1B; +Cc: joern, yongjun_wei, linux-kernel

On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 10:19:06PM +0800, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
> 
> buf has been allocated in this function and should be
> freed before leaving from the error handling case.
> 
> spatch with a semantic match is used to found this problem.
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
> ---

Applied, Thanks!

>  fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
> index 9c50144..427bb73 100644
> --- a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
> +++ b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
> @@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ static int logfs_mtd_can_write_buf(struct super_block *sb, u64 ofs)
>  		goto out;
>  	if (memchr_inv(buf, 0xff, super->s_writesize))
>  		err = -EIO;
> -	kfree(buf);
>  out:
> +	kfree(buf);
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> 
> 

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