linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] staging: ft1000: ft1000-usb: ft1000

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Message-Id: <1419856894-13948-1-git-send-email-rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:41:33 +0100
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Gulsah Kose <gulsah.1004@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@...il.com>,
	Tapasweni Pathak <tapaswenipathak@...il.com>,
	Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: ft1000: ft1000-usb: ft1000_hw.c:  Fix a potential memory leak.

Avoid allocate memory if we will exit the function.

Was found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
index 08ce86a..502e16a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
@@ -332,15 +332,15 @@ int card_send_command(struct ft1000_usb *ft1000dev, void *ptempbuffer,
 
 	pr_debug("enter card_send_command... size=%d\n", size);
 
+	ret = ft1000_read_register(ft1000dev, &temp, FT1000_REG_DOORBELL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	commandbuf = kmalloc(size + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!commandbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memcpy((void *)commandbuf + 2, (void *)ptempbuffer, size);
 
-	ret = ft1000_read_register(ft1000dev, &temp, FT1000_REG_DOORBELL);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	if (temp & 0x0100)
 		usleep_range(900, 1100);
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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