linux-kernel - Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH RFC] drm/nouveau: fix memory leak in nvkm_iccsense_oneinit

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Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:32:58 +0200
From:   Karol Herbst <kherbst@...hat.com>
To:     Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>
Cc:     takafumi@...ab.ics.keio.ac.jp, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        nouveau <nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Keita Suzuki <keitasuzuki.park@...ab.ics.keio.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH RFC] drm/nouveau: fix memory leak in nvkm_iccsense_oneinit

Ben, I think this is like the 5th patch tackling this issue, I think
we should merge one of those.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 6:23 AM Keita Suzuki
<keitasuzuki.park@...ab.ics.keio.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> struct pw_rail_t is allocated as an array in function nvios_iccsense_parse,
> and stored to a struct member of local variable. However, the array is not
> freed when the local variable becomes invalid, and the reference is not
> passed on, leading to a memory leak.
>
> Fix this by freeing struct pw_rail_t when exiting nvkm_iccsense_oneinit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keita Suzuki <keitasuzuki.park@...ab.ics.keio.ac.jp>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/iccsense/base.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/iccsense/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/iccsense/base.c
> index fecfa6afcf54..8ba8d8e3f52a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/iccsense/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/iccsense/base.c
> @@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ nvkm_iccsense_oneinit(struct nvkm_subdev *subdev)
>                         }
>
>                         rail = kmalloc(sizeof(*rail), GFP_KERNEL);
> -                       if (!rail)
> +                       if (!rail) {
> +                               kfree(stbl.rail);
>                                 return -ENOMEM;
> +                       }
>
>                         rail->read = read;
>                         rail->sensor = sensor;
> @@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ nvkm_iccsense_oneinit(struct nvkm_subdev *subdev)
>                         list_add_tail(&rail->head, &iccsense->rails);
>                 }
>         }
> +       kfree(stbl.rail);
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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