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* Re: [PATCH] media: davinci: vpif_capture: fix potential double free
@ 2020-07-23 20:15 Markus Elfring
  2020-07-24 20:08 ` Evgeny Novikov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-07-23 20:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Evgeny Novikov, ldv-project, linux-media
  Cc: linux-kernel, kernel-janitors, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, Prabhakar Lad

> In case of errors vpif_probe_complete() releases memory for vpif_obj.sd
> and unregisters the V4L2 device. But then this is done again by
> vpif_probe() itself. The patch removes the cleaning from
> vpif_probe_complete().

* An imperative wording can be preferred for the change description,
  can't it?

* Would you like to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message?

Regards,
Markus

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* Re: [PATCH] media: davinci: vpif_capture: fix potential double free
  2020-07-23 20:15 [PATCH] media: davinci: vpif_capture: fix potential double free Markus Elfring
@ 2020-07-24 20:08 ` Evgeny Novikov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Evgeny Novikov @ 2020-07-24 20:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Markus Elfring, ldv-project, linux-media
  Cc: linux-kernel, kernel-janitors, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, Prabhakar Lad

Hi Markus,

It seems that Lad Prabhakar detected a critical issue introduced by the patch instead of a minor bug fixed by it. So, we should take care of this first, but I will address your notes as well. 

-- 
Evgeny Novikov
Linux Verification Center, ISP RAS
http://linuxtesting.org

23.07.2020, 23:15, "Markus Elfring" <markus.elfring@web.de>:
>>  In case of errors vpif_probe_complete() releases memory for vpif_obj.sd
>>  and unregisters the V4L2 device. But then this is done again by
>>  vpif_probe() itself. The patch removes the cleaning from
>>  vpif_probe_complete().
>
> * An imperative wording can be preferred for the change description,
>   can't it?
>
> * Would you like to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message?
>
> Regards,
> Markus

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