linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix memory leak in pblk_luns

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:12:26 +0100
From:   Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
To:     Huaicheng Li <huaicheng@...uchicago.edu>,
        Javier González <jg@...htnvm.io>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix memory leak in pblk_luns_init

On 02/23/2018 12:03 AM, Huaicheng Li wrote:
> Please ignore my previous email as I found the memory is free'ed at
> pblk_init()'s error handling logic.
> Sorry for the interruption.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Huaicheng Li <huaicheng@...uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Huaicheng Li <huaicheng@...uchicago.edu>
>> ---
>> drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
>> index 93d671ca518e..330665d91d8d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
>> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
>> @@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ static int pblk_luns_init(struct pblk *pblk, struct
>> ppa_addr *luns)
>>                  if (ret) {
>>                          while (--i >= 0)
>>                                  kfree(pblk->luns[i].bb_list);
>> +                       kfree(pblk->luns);
>>                          return ret;
>>                  }
>>          }
>> --
>> 2.13.6
>>
>>
> 

No worries. The initialization part is pretty complex due to all the 
data structures being set up. I would love to have a clean 
initialization function, which cleans up after it self. But being able 
to share the "fail" bringup and tear-down code is very helpful and makes 
other parts easier.