linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c: Remove goto out int ima_inode

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Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:08:41 +0800
From:	Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com>
To:	wzt wzt <wzt.wzt@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c: Remove goto out int 
	ima_inode_alloc()

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:57 PM, wzt wzt <wzt.wzt@...il.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: wzt <zhitong.wangzt@...baba-inc.com>
>
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
> b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
> index 0d83edc..4e2df22 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
> @@ -57,18 +57,17 @@ int ima_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode)
>                return -ENOMEM;
>
>        rc = radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS);
> -       if (rc < 0)
> -               goto out;
> +       if (rc < 0) {
> +               kmem_cache_free(iint_cache, iint);
> +               radix_tree_preload_end();
> +               return rc;
> +       }
>
>        spin_lock(&ima_iint_lock);
>        rc = radix_tree_insert(&ima_iint_store, (unsigned long)inode, iint);
>        spin_unlock(&ima_iint_lock);
> -out:
> -       if (rc < 0)
> -               kmem_cache_free(iint_cache, iint);

So if radix_tree_insert failed, the memory will be leaked.
This patch doesn't fix anything but introduces new bug....

>
>        radix_tree_preload_end();
> -
>        return rc;
>  }
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