linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 03/12] zap_sector: fix memory leak

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Message-ID: <1fe6c10b-9bc0-ebd6-e69f-8ad69797e780@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 10:16:45 +0800
From:   Wu Guanghao <wuguanghao3@...wei.com>
To:     Благодаренко Артём 
        <artem.blagodarenko@...il.com>
CC:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>,
        <linfeilong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] zap_sector: fix memory leak

Thank you for your comments, I will modify it in the v2 version.

Best regards
Wu Guanghao

在 2021/5/24 22:40, Благодаренко Артём 写道:
> Hello Wu,
> 
> Thank you for the fixes.
> 
> It looks like free and return operators should be placed in {} block.
> 
> {
> 	free(buf);
>  	return;
> }
> 
> Now function returns any time block is read successfully.
> 
> Also, this patch can not be applied cleanly to the master HEAD because of wrong offsets. Please rebase.
> 
> Best regards,
> Artem Blagodarenko.
> 
>> On 24 May 2021, at 14:20, Wu Guanghao <wuguanghao3@...wei.com> wrote:
>>
>> In zap_sector(), need free buf before return,
>> otherwise it will cause memory leak.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wu Guanghao <wuguanghao3@...wei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Wu Bo <wubo40@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> misc/mke2fs.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
>> index afbcf486..94f81da9 100644
>> --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
>> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
>> @@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static void zap_sector(ext2_filsys fs, int sect, int nsect)
>> 			magic = (unsigned int *) (buf + BSD_LABEL_OFFSET);
>> 			if ((*magic == BSD_DISKMAGIC) ||
>> 				(*magic == BSD_MAGICDISK))
>> +				free(buf);
>> 				return;
>> 		}
>> 	}
>> -- 
> 
> .
>