linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] pinctrl: sunxi: fix 'pctrl->functions' allocation in sunxi_pinctrl_build

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Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:43:16 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     wens@...e.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] pinctrl: sunxi: fix 'pctrl->functions' allocation
 in sunxi_pinctrl_build_state

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:59:41AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> fixes following Smatch static check warning:
> 
>  ./drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c:1112 sunxi_pinctrl_build_state()
>  warn: passing devm_ allocated variable to kfree. 'pctrl->functions'
> 
> As we will be calling krealloc() on pointer 'pctrl->functions', which means
> kfree() will be called in there, devm_kzalloc() shouldn't be used with
> the allocation in the first place.  Fix the warning by calling kcalloc()
> and managing the free procedure in error path on our own.
> 
> Fixes: 0e37f88d9ad8 ("ARM: sunxi: Add pinctrl driver for Allwinner SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>

Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>

Thanks!
Maxime

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