linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: Fix a memory leak in 'sunxi_pinctrl_build

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:04:24 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Christophe Jaillet <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: Fix a memory leak in 'sunxi_pinctrl_build_state()'

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 8:22 AM Christophe JAILLET
<christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:

> If 'krealloc()' fails, 'pctl->functions' is set to NULL.
> We should instead use a temp variable in order to be able to free the
> previously allocated memeory, in case of OOM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Patch applied with Maxime's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij