linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun8i-ce: fix multiple memory leaks in sun8i_ce_hash

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Message-ID: <20210812104318.GA5780@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:43:18 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
Cc:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        Xiang Chen <chenxiang66@...ilicon.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe@...libre.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: sun8i-ce: fix multiple memory leaks in
 sun8i_ce_hash_run

On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 06:40:20PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
>
> I agree with you and would like to modify "return 0" to "return err"
> in the next version.  Even if the parent function does not care about
> the return value, it is still necessary to keep the right return
> value.

Well if the parent is ignoring the error then returning the error
there obviously isn't going to help.

Cheers,
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