linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/pseries/hotplug-cpu: fix memleak in dlpar_cpu_add_by

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Message-ID: <b74f479e-e68b-d8e6-d11c-2611bd4e8a20@huawei.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:28:39 +0800
From:   Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
CC:     <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/pseries/hotplug-cpu: fix memleak in
 dlpar_cpu_add_by_count



在 2020/11/30 9:51, Michael Ellerman 写道:
> Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com> writes:
>> kfree(cpu_drcs) should be called when it fails to perform
>> of_find_node_by_path("/cpus") in dlpar_cpu_add_by_count,
>> otherwise there would be a memleak.
>>
>> In fact, the patch a0ff72f9f5a7 ought to remove kfree in
>> find_dlpar_cpus_to_add rather than dlpar_cpu_add_by_count.
>> I guess there might be a mistake when apply that one.
>>
>> Fixes: a0ff72f9f5a7 ("powerpc/pseries/hotplug-cpu: Remove double free in error path")
>> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> This is already fixed in my next by:
> 
>    a40fdaf1420d ("Revert "powerpc/pseries/hotplug-cpu: Remove double free in error path"")
> 
> cheers'Revert' sounds resonable to this one, glad to know that.
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
>> index f2837e33b..4bb1c9f2b 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
>> @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ static int dlpar_cpu_add_by_count(u32 cpus_to_add)
>>   	parent = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
>>   	if (!parent) {
>>   		pr_warn("Could not find CPU root node in device tree\n");
>> +		kfree(cpu_drcs);
>>   		return -1;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.23.0
> .
>