* [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store()
@ 2019-08-27 12:40 Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
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From: Markus Elfring @ 2019-08-27 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-dev, Allison Randal, Benjamin Herrenschmidt,
Frank Rowand, Gen Zhang, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Michael Ellerman,
Nathan Fontenot, Nathan Lynch, Oliver O'Halloran,
Paul Mackerras, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:33:21 +0200
Two update suggestions were taken into account
from static source code analysis.
Markus Elfring (2):
Delete an unnecessary kfree() call
Delete an error message for a failed string duplication
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
--
2.23.0
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* [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store()
2019-08-27 12:40 [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
@ 2019-08-27 12:42 ` Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 14:26 ` Nathan Lynch
2019-08-27 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication " Markus Elfring
2021-02-03 11:40 ` [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store() Michael Ellerman
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2019-08-27 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-dev, Allison Randal, Benjamin Herrenschmidt,
Frank Rowand, Gen Zhang, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Michael Ellerman,
Nathan Fontenot, Nathan Lynch, Oliver O'Halloran,
Paul Mackerras, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:34:02 +0200
A null pointer would be passed to a call of the function “kfree”
immediately after a call of the function “kstrdup” failed at one place.
Remove this superfluous function call.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 16e86ba8aa20..2a783dc0cfa7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_store(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr,
args = argbuf = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!argbuf) {
pr_info("Could not allocate resources for DLPAR operation\n");
- kfree(argbuf);
return -ENOMEM;
}
--
2.23.0
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* [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication in dlpar_store()
2019-08-27 12:40 [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
@ 2019-08-27 12:44 ` Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 14:27 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-02-03 11:40 ` [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store() Michael Ellerman
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2019-08-27 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-dev, Allison Randal, Benjamin Herrenschmidt,
Frank Rowand, Gen Zhang, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Michael Ellerman,
Nathan Fontenot, Nathan Lynch, Oliver O'Halloran,
Paul Mackerras, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:37:56 +0200
Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 2a783dc0cfa7..deb48b41d488 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -521,10 +521,8 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_store(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr,
int rc;
args = argbuf = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!argbuf) {
- pr_info("Could not allocate resources for DLPAR operation\n");
+ if (!argbuf)
return -ENOMEM;
- }
/*
* Parse out the request from the user, this will be in the form:
--
2.23.0
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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store()
2019-08-27 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
@ 2019-08-27 14:26 ` Nathan Lynch
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Lynch @ 2019-08-27 14:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Markus Elfring
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors, linuxppc-dev, Allison Randal,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Frank Rowand, Gen Zhang,
Greg Kroah-Hartman, Michael Ellerman, Oliver O'Halloran,
Paul Mackerras, Thomas Gleixner
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> writes:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:34:02 +0200
>
> A null pointer would be passed to a call of the function “kfree”
> immediately after a call of the function “kstrdup” failed at one place.
> Remove this superfluous function call.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication in dlpar_store()
2019-08-27 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication " Markus Elfring
@ 2019-08-27 14:27 ` Nathan Lynch
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Lynch @ 2019-08-27 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Markus Elfring
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors, linuxppc-dev, Allison Randal,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Frank Rowand, Gen Zhang,
Greg Kroah-Hartman, Michael Ellerman, Oliver O'Halloran,
Paul Mackerras, Thomas Gleixner
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> writes:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:37:56 +0200
>
> Omit an extra message for a memory allocation failure in this function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
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* Re: [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store()
2019-08-27 12:40 [PATCH 0/2] PowerPC-pSeries: Adjustments for dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store() Markus Elfring
2019-08-27 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication " Markus Elfring
@ 2021-02-03 11:40 ` Michael Ellerman
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michael Ellerman @ 2021-02-03 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-dev, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Frank Rowand,
Michael Ellerman, Allison Randal, Markus Elfring,
Oliver O'Halloran, Nathan Lynch, Greg Kroah-Hartman,
Paul Mackerras, Gen Zhang, Nathan Fontenot, Thomas Gleixner
Cc: LKML, kernel-janitors
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:40:42 +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> Two update suggestions were taken into account
> from static source code analysis.
>
> Markus Elfring (2):
> Delete an unnecessary kfree() call
> Delete an error message for a failed string duplication
>
> [...]
Applied to powerpc/next.
[1/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in dlpar_store()
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/de060ac83e5c1fe5fb8c505a4e99c1fe4f70ff94
[2/2] powerpc/pseries: Delete an error message for a failed string duplication in dlpar_store()
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6e7a4da754f3087fa1f0839c1128aac233c21442
cheers
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