netdev - Re: [PATCH] Madge Ambassador ATM Adapter driver: Always release_firmware() in ucode

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Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:02:39 -0500
From:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Madge Ambassador ATM Adapter driver: Always
 release_firmware() in ucode_init() and don't leak memory.

instead of duplicating the same section again and again, could you
write something like:

	errmsg = "no start record";
	goto fail;

	...

	errmsg = "record to long"
	goto fail;

	.... whatever ...

	return 0;

fail:
	release_firmware(fw)
	PRINTK(KERN_ERR, "Bad microcode data (%s)\n", errmsg);
	return -EINVAL;
}

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 22:06:37 +0100 (CET)
Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net> wrote:

> 
> Failure to call release_firmware() will result in memory leak in 
> drivers/atm/ambassador.c::ucode_init().
> This patch makes sure we always call release_firmware() when needed, thus 
> removing the leak(s).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> ---
>  ambassador.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
>   Compile tested only since I have no way to actually test this.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/atm/ambassador.c b/drivers/atm/ambassador.c
> index ffe9b65..ab56539 100644
> --- a/drivers/atm/ambassador.c
> +++ b/drivers/atm/ambassador.c
> @@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ static int __devinit ucode_init (loader_block * lb, amb_dev * dev) {
>    unsigned long start_address;no start record
>    const struct ihex_binrec *rec;
>    int res;
> -  
> +
>    res = request_ihex_firmware(&fw, "atmsar11.fw", &dev->pci_dev->dev);
>    if (res) {
>      PRINTK (KERN_ERR, "Cannot load microcode data");
> @@ -1937,6 +1937,7 @@ static int __devinit ucode_init (loader_block * lb, amb_dev * dev) {
>    /* First record contains just the start address */
>    rec = (const struct ihex_binrec *)fw->data;
>    if (be16_to_cpu(rec->len) != sizeof(__be32) || be32_to_cpu(rec->addr)) {
> +    release_firmware(fw);
>      PRINTK (KERN_ERR, "Bad microcode data (no start record)");
>      return -EINVAL;
>    }
> @@ -1950,10 +1951,12 @@ static int __devinit ucode_init (loader_block * lb, amb_dev * dev) {
>      PRINTD (DBG_LOAD, "starting region (%x, %u)", be32_to_cpu(rec->addr),
>  	    be16_to_cpu(rec->len));
>      if (be16_to_cpu(rec->len) > 4 * MAX_TRANSFER_DATA) {
> +	    release_firmware(fw);
>  	    PRINTK (KERN_ERR, "Bad microcode data (record too long)");
>  	    return -EINVAL;
>      }
>      if (be16_to_cpu(rec->len) & 3) {
> +	    release_firmware(fw);
>  	    PRINTK (KERN_ERR, "Bad microcode data (odd number of bytes)");
>  	    return -EINVAL;
>      }
> 
> 
> 

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