linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: hisi_sas: Add a missing call to kfree

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:53:43 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: hisi_sas: Add a missing call to kfree

On 19/11/2016 17:42, Quentin Lambert wrote:
> Most error branches following the call to hisi_sas_shost_alloc contain
> a call to kfree. This patch add these calls where they are
> missing.
>
> This issue was found with Hector.

I think that this patch is fine. However I have noticed that we should 
do a call to hisi_sas_free() for this failure, and later failures in the 
probe.

I can generate a patch for this.

Cheers,
John

>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@...il.com>
>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
> @@ -1503,8 +1503,10 @@ int hisi_sas_probe(struct platform_devic
>
>  	arr_phy = devm_kcalloc(dev, phy_nr, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	arr_port = devm_kcalloc(dev, port_nr, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!arr_phy || !arr_port)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	if (!arr_phy || !arr_port) {
> +		rc = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto err_out_ha;
> +	}
>
>  	sha->sas_phy = arr_phy;
>  	sha->sas_port = arr_port;
>
> .
>