linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allocate pnp resources dynamically via krealloc

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:04:26 +0100
From:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allocate pnp resources dynamically via krealloc


On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 02:23 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Jan 19, 2008 10:00 PM, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de> wrote:
> > +static int pnp_alloc_port(struct pnp_resource_table *res)
> > +{
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > +       res->port_resource = krealloc(res->port_resource,
> > +             (sizeof(struct resource) * res->allocated_ports)
> > +             + (sizeof(struct resource) * PNP_ALLOC_PORT), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +
> > +       if (!res->port_resource)
> > +               return -ENOMEM;
> 
> When krealloc() returns NULL, there wasn't enough memory to fit the
> new size but the original memory region remains unchanged. Therefore
> you must not unconditionally overwrite the res->port_resource with the
> return value of krealloc(); otherwise you might leak memory.
> 
Thanks.
While looking at this I found something else..., I think I sent an old
version.

Please hold off, I will double check and resend soon.

   Thomas

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