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* [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/davinci: Fix memory leak in davinci_timer_register
@ 2019-10-21 20:26 Navid Emamdoost
  2019-10-22  9:12 ` Markus Elfring
  2019-10-22  9:32 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Navid Emamdoost @ 2019-10-21 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: emamd001, kjlu, smccaman, Navid Emamdoost, Daniel Lezcano,
	Thomas Gleixner, linux-kernel

In the impelementation of davinci_timer_register() the allocated memory
for clockevent should be released if request_irq() fails.

Fixes: 721154f972aa ("clocksource/drivers/davinci: Add support for clockevents")
Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
index 62745c962049..910d4d2f0d64 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int __init davinci_timer_register(struct clk *clk,
 			 "clockevent/tim12", clockevent);
 	if (rv) {
 		pr_err("Unable to request the clockevent interrupt");
+		kfree(clockevent);
 		return rv;
 	}
 
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/davinci: Fix memory leak in davinci_timer_register
  2019-10-21 20:26 [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/davinci: Fix memory leak in davinci_timer_register Navid Emamdoost
@ 2019-10-22  9:12 ` Markus Elfring
  2019-10-22  9:32 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2019-10-22  9:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Navid Emamdoost, Daniel Lezcano, Bartosz Golaszewski, kernel-janitors
  Cc: linux-kernel, Navid Emamdoost, Kangjie Lu, Stephen McCamant,
	Thomas Gleixner

> In the impelementation of davinci_timer_register() the allocated memory
> for clockevent should be released if request_irq() fails.

* Please avoid the copying of typos from previous change descriptions.

* Under which circumstances will an “imperative mood” matter for you here?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=7d194c2100ad2a6dded545887d02754948ca5241#n151


> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int __init davinci_timer_register(struct clk *clk,
>  			 "clockevent/tim12", clockevent);
>  	if (rv) {
>  		pr_err("Unable to request the clockevent interrupt");
> +		kfree(clockevent);
>  		return rv;
>  	}

* Should a complete source code analysis point out that a similar fix
  will be needed also in the if branch after a failed call of
  the function “clocksource_register_hz”?

* Can any more exception handling become relevant because of previous
  resource allocations in this function implementation?

Regards,
Markus

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* Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/davinci: Fix memory leak in davinci_timer_register
  2019-10-21 20:26 [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/davinci: Fix memory leak in davinci_timer_register Navid Emamdoost
  2019-10-22  9:12 ` Markus Elfring
@ 2019-10-22  9:32 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bartosz Golaszewski @ 2019-10-22  9:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Navid Emamdoost
  Cc: emamd001, kjlu, smccaman, Daniel Lezcano, Thomas Gleixner,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

pon., 21 paź 2019 o 22:26 Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>
napisał(a):
>
> In the impelementation of davinci_timer_register() the allocated memory
> for clockevent should be released if request_irq() fails.
>
> Fixes: 721154f972aa ("clocksource/drivers/davinci: Add support for clockevents")
> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
> index 62745c962049..910d4d2f0d64 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ int __init davinci_timer_register(struct clk *clk,
>                          "clockevent/tim12", clockevent);
>         if (rv) {
>                 pr_err("Unable to request the clockevent interrupt");
> +               kfree(clockevent);
>                 return rv;
>         }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>

Any failure in this driver means the system is fried. I explicitly
didn't bother freeing any resources. Nack.

Bart

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