linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c: Add of_node

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Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:00:16 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c: Add
 of_node_put to avoid memory leak

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:48:58PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Add a call to of_node_put in the error handling code following a call to
> of_find_node_by_type.
> 
> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r exists@
> local idexpression x;
> expression E,E1,E2;
> statement S;
> @@
> 
> *x = 
> (of_find_node_by_path
> |of_find_node_by_name
> |of_find_node_by_phandle
> |of_get_parent
> |of_get_next_parent
> |of_get_next_child
> |of_find_compatible_node
> |of_match_node
> |of_find_node_by_type
> |of_find_node_with_property
> |of_find_matching_node
> |of_parse_phandle
> )(...);
> ...
> if (x == NULL) S
> <... when != x = E
> *if (...) {
>   ... when != of_node_put(x)
>       when != if (...) { ... of_node_put(x); ... }
> (
>   return <+...x...+>;
> |
> *  return ...;
> )
> }
> ...>
> (
> E2 = x;
> |
> of_node_put(x);
> )
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>

> 
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
> index ba3588f..d3ceff0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
> @@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ void __init chrp_nvram_init(void)
>  		return;
>  
>  	nbytes_p = of_get_property(nvram, "#bytes", &proplen);
> -	if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int))
> +	if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int)) {
> +		of_node_put(nvram);
>  		return;
> +	}
>  
>  	nvram_size = *nbytes_p;
>  
> 
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