linux-kernel - Re: [patch] [SCSI] qla2xxx: don't free pool that wasn't allocated

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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:56 -0400
From:	Chad Dupuis <chad.dupuis@...gic.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>,
	Dept-Eng Linux Driver <Linux-Driver@...gic.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] [SCSI] qla2xxx: don't free pool that wasn't allocated


On Thu, 17 May 2012, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> In the original code, if dma_pool_alloc() fails then we call
> dma_pool_free().  It causes an error, possibly a NULL dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> index c17975d..44380d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> @@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ sufficient_dsds:
>               if (!ctx->fcp_cmnd) {
>                       ql_log(ql_log_fatal, vha, 0x3011,
>                           "Failed to allocate fcp_cmnd for cmd=%p.\n", cmd);
> -                     goto queuing_error_fcp_cmnd;
> +                     goto queuing_error;
>               }
>
>               /* Initialize the DSD list and dma handle */
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Thanks for the patch.

Acked-by: Chad Dupuis <chad.dupuis@...gic.com>

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