linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qemu_fw_cfg: don't leak kobj on init error

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Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2016 13:16:46 -0400
From:	"Gabriel L. Somlo" <somlo@....edu>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andreas Ziegler <andreas.ziegler@....de>,
	Valentin Rothberg <valentin.rothberg@...teo.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qemu_fw_cfg: don't leak kobj on init error

On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 03:23:19PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> If platform_driver_register fails, we should
> cleanup fw_cfg_top_ko before exiting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>

Thanks,
--Gabriel

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> index fedbff5..e4c4714 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> @@ -727,12 +727,18 @@ device_param_cb(mmio, &fw_cfg_cmdline_param_ops, NULL, S_IRUSR);
>  
>  static int __init fw_cfg_sysfs_init(void)
>  {
> +	int ret;
> +
>  	/* create /sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg/ top level directory */
>  	fw_cfg_top_ko = kobject_create_and_add("qemu_fw_cfg", firmware_kobj);
>  	if (!fw_cfg_top_ko)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	return platform_driver_register(&fw_cfg_sysfs_driver);
> +	ret = platform_driver_register(&fw_cfg_sysfs_driver);
> +	if (ret)
> +		fw_cfg_kobj_cleanup(fw_cfg_top_ko);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static void __exit fw_cfg_sysfs_exit(void)
> -- 
> MST