linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][trivial] pcmcia: avoid static analysis complaint about use-after-free

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1301210007310.8266@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:07:47 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][trivial] pcmcia: avoid static analysis complaint about
 use-after-free

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Coverity complains about a use after free for 'res1' and 'res2' since
> we use the value of the pointers in a 'dev_dbg()' after they have been
> freed. That's not really a problem, but it still seems cleaner to
> defer freeing until we are completely done with the pointers.

Makes sense. I am taking this one.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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