linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi/efi

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Date:   Tue, 2 May 2017 22:48:35 +0800
From:   Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
To:     Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>
Cc:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi/efi_test: drop useless kfree

On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 03:11:45PM +0800, ivanhu wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/29/2017 09:42 AM, Geliang Tang wrote:
> > Drop useless kfree when memdup_user() failed, since we have already
> > called kfree in memdup_user().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c | 4 +---
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
> > index 08129b7..00332ae 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
> > @@ -261,10 +261,8 @@ static long efi_runtime_set_variable(unsigned long arg)
> >   	}
> >   	data = memdup_user(setvariable.data, setvariable.data_size);
> > -	if (IS_ERR(data)) {
> > -		kfree(name);
> You mean "name" or "data"?
> 

Sorry, it's my mistake. The original code is correct. Please ignore this
patch.

-Geliang

> Cheers,
> Ivan
> 
> > +	if (IS_ERR(data))
> >   		return PTR_ERR(data);
> > -	}
> >   	status = efi.set_variable(name, &vendor_guid,
> >   				setvariable.attributes,