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Message-ID: <cd03869c-6ad1-1463-d7da-c8500adb32c8@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:59:33 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>, michal.simek@...inx.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, soren.brinkmann@...inx.com
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, zhangxiaoxu5@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: fix memory leak in
 ttc_setup_clockevent()

On 11/11/2020 02:16, Yu Kuai wrote:
> If clk_notifier_register() failed, ttc_setup_clockevent() will return
> without freeing 'ttcce', which will leak memory.
> 
> Fixes: 70504f311d4b ("clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: Convert init function to return error")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> index 80e960602030..32b9560ce408 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk,
>  				    &ttcce->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb);
>  	if (err) {
>  		pr_warn("Unable to register clock notifier.\n");
> +		kfree(ttcce);
>  		return err;
>  	}

Please fix the error path by adding a label (eg. out_kfree) and jump to
it in case of error everywhere in the function.

out_kfree:
	kfree(ttcce);

	return err;


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