linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools: firewire: nosy-dump: fix a resource leak in main()

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:35:23 +0200
From:   Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:     Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Cc:     linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: firewire: nosy-dump: fix a resource leak in
 main()

On Sep 13 Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> If option_input and option_output is true two files are opened
> consecutively. In case the second fopen() fails, let's fclose()
> the first one before returning early.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
> ---
>  tools/firewire/nosy-dump.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/firewire/nosy-dump.c b/tools/firewire/nosy-dump.c
> index 3179c711bd65..228be406f206 100644
> --- a/tools/firewire/nosy-dump.c
> +++ b/tools/firewire/nosy-dump.c
> @@ -960,6 +960,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
>  		output = fopen(option_output, "w");
>  		if (output == NULL) {
>  			fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s, %m\n", option_output);
> +			if (input)
> +				fclose(input);
>  			return -1;
>  		}
>  	}

When we return from main(), all files are closed implicitly.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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