linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix possible memory leak

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Date:   Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:44:04 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Leizhen (ThunderTown) <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@...dia.com>,
        Prashant Gaikwad <pgaikwad@...dia.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tegra <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix possible memory leak

Quoting Leizhen (ThunderTown) (2021-06-25 18:32:46)
> 
> 
> On 2021/6/26 7:31, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting Zhen Lei (2021-06-17 01:27:59)
> >> When krealloc() fails to expand the memory and returns NULL, the original
> >> memory is not released. In this case, the original "timings" scale should
> >> be maintained.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 888ca40e2843 ("clk: tegra: emc: Support multiple RAM codes")
> >> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> >> ---
> > 
> > Looks correct, but when does krealloc() return NULL? My read of the
> > kerneldoc is that it would return the original memory if the new
> > allocation "failed".
> 
> That must be the wrong description in the document. For example, the original

Can you fix the kernel doc then?