linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] Drivers: hv: utils: fix memory leak on on

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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:40:48 +0100
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] Drivers: hv: utils: fix memory leak on on_msg() failure

inmsg should be freed in case of on_msg() failure to avoid memory leak.
Preserve the error code from on_msg().

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- Preserve the error code from on_msg(). [Dan Carpenter]
---
 drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
index 24b2766..40abe44 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 {
 	struct hvutil_transport *hvt;
 	u8 *inmsg;
+	int ret;
 
 	hvt = container_of(file->f_op, struct hvutil_transport, fops);
 
@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (IS_ERR(inmsg))
 		return PTR_ERR(inmsg);
 
-	if (hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	ret = hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count);
+
 	kfree(inmsg);
 
-	return count;
+	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
 
 static unsigned int hvt_op_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
-- 
2.4.3

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