linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block/bio-integrity: don't free 'buf' if bio_integrity_add

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jun 2020 15:37:52 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To:     yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, martin.petersen@...cle.com, wenwen@...uga.edu,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block/bio-integrity: don't free 'buf' if
 bio_integrity_add_page() failed

On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 08:38:56PM +0800, yu kuai wrote:
> commit e7bf90e5afe3 ("block/bio-integrity: fix a memory leak bug") add a
> kree() for 'buf' if bio_integrity_add_page() return '0'. However, the
> object will be freed in bio_integrity_free() since 'bio->bi_opf' and
> 'bio->bi_integrity' was set previousy in bio_integrity_alloc().
> 
> Fixes: commit e7bf90e5afe3 ("block/bio-integrity: fix a memory leak bug")
> Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> ---
>  block/bio-integrity.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c
> index bf62c25cde8f..ae07dd78e951 100644
> --- a/block/bio-integrity.c
> +++ b/block/bio-integrity.c
> @@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ bool bio_integrity_prep(struct bio *bio)
>  
>  		if (ret == 0) {
>  			printk(KERN_ERR "could not attach integrity payload\n");
> -			kfree(buf);
>  			status = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
>  			goto err_end_io;
>  		}

Looks correct, and it relies on the fact the 1st 'page' is always added
successfully, so 'buf' is always attached to the bip since then:

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>


thanks, 
Ming