linux-kernel - Re: drm/nouveau/clk/gm20b: Fix memory leak in gm20b_clk

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Date:   Sun, 31 May 2020 10:38:03 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Subject: Re: drm/nouveau/clk/gm20b: Fix memory leak in gm20b_clk_new()

> It's possible that we expect an usable clk pointer, though I could not find
> the exact usage yet.

I am curious if another developer would like to add helpful background information.


> For security, I will release this pointer only on error paths in this function.

Do you tend to release objects (which are referenced by pointers)?

Regards,
Markus