linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/xen: Fix memory leak issue

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:03:48 +0800
From:   xiujianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...hat.com>, <bp@...en8.de>,
        <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, <hpa@...or.com>, <jeremy@...p.org>
CC:     <x86@...nel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/xen: Fix memory leak issue

Hi,

在 2022/11/23 23:23, Juergen Gross 写道:
> On 19.11.22 09:59, Xiu Jianfeng wrote:
>> The new string allocated by kasprintf() is leaked on error path
>>
>> Xiu Jianfeng (2):
>>    x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_smp_intr_init{_pv}()
>>    x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu()
>>
>>   arch/x86/xen/smp.c      | 16 ++++++++++++----
>>   arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c   |  8 ++++++--
>>   arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c |  3 ++-
>>   3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Hmm, I think it would make more sense to always store the name generated
> via kasprintf() in the percpu variable (independently from succeeding to
> bind the irq), and in the related free function to always kfree() it and
> set it to NULL again.
> 
> This would result in less code.

Thanks, It's good to me, already sent v2.
> 
> 
> Juergen