linux-kernel - [PATCH] ath11k: Fix some resource leaks in error path in 'ath11k_thermal

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 22:14:54 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, pradeepc@...eaurora.org
Cc:     ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] ath11k: Fix some resource leaks in error path in 'ath11k_thermal_register()'

If 'thermal_cooling_device_register()' fails, we must undo what has been
allocated so far. So we must go to 'err_thermal_destroy' instead of
returning directly

In case of error in 'ath11k_thermal_register()', the previous
'thermal_cooling_device_register()' call must also be undone. Move the
'ar->thermal.cdev = cdev' a few lines above in order for this to be done
in 'ath11k_thermal_unregister()' which is called in the error handling
path.

Fixes: 2a63bbca06b2 ("ath11k: add thermal cooling device support")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
I'm not 100% confident with this patch.

- When calling 'ath11k_thermal_unregister()', we try to release some
  resources that have not been allocated yet. I don't know if it can be an
  issue or not.
- I think that we should propagate the error code, instead of forcing
  -EINVAL.
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/thermal.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/thermal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/thermal.c
index 259dddbda2c7..5a7e150c621b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/thermal.c
@@ -174,9 +174,12 @@ int ath11k_thermal_register(struct ath11k_base *sc)
 		if (IS_ERR(cdev)) {
 			ath11k_err(sc, "failed to setup thermal device result: %ld\n",
 				   PTR_ERR(cdev));
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_thermal_destroy;
 		}
 
+		ar->thermal.cdev = cdev;
+
 		ret = sysfs_create_link(&ar->hw->wiphy->dev.kobj, &cdev->device.kobj,
 					"cooling_device");
 		if (ret) {
@@ -184,7 +187,6 @@ int ath11k_thermal_register(struct ath11k_base *sc)
 			goto err_thermal_destroy;
 		}
 
-		ar->thermal.cdev = cdev;
 		if (!IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_HWMON))
 			return 0;
 
-- 
2.25.1