linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix potential memory leak in hd44780

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Message-ID: <202209071749.NCKO423u-lkp@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2022 17:56:59 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>, ojeda@...nel.org
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix potential memory leak in
 hd44780_remove()

Hi Jianglei,

Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:

[auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
[also build test ERROR on v6.0-rc4 next-20220906]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Jianglei-Nie/auxdisplay-hd44780-Fix-potential-memory-leak-in-hd44780_remove/20220907-151008
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 0066f1b0e27556381402db3ff31f85d2a2265858
config: microblaze-randconfig-r002-20220906
compiler: microblaze-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/bef273823cd1f11736f4e0ce7fcf5d4ac2e1b972
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Jianglei-Nie/auxdisplay-hd44780-Fix-potential-memory-leak-in-hd44780_remove/20220907-151008
        git checkout bef273823cd1f11736f4e0ce7fcf5d4ac2e1b972
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=microblaze SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/auxdisplay/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>

All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c: In function 'hd44780_remove':
>> drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c:327:27: warning: dereferencing 'void *' pointer
     327 |         kfree(lcd->drvdata->hd44780);
         |                           ^~
>> drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c:327:27: error: request for member 'hd44780' in something not a structure or union


vim +/hd44780 +327 drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c

   321	
   322	static int hd44780_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
   323	{
   324		struct charlcd *lcd = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
   325	
   326		charlcd_unregister(lcd);
 > 327		kfree(lcd->drvdata->hd44780);
   328		kfree(lcd->drvdata);
   329	
   330		kfree(lcd);
   331		return 0;
   332	}
   333	

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