linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:04:27 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Hao Zeng <zenghao@...inos.cn>
Cc:     chenhuacai@...nel.org, zhangqing@...ngson.cn,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite
 function

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:46:03 +0800
Hao Zeng <zenghao@...inos.cn> wrote:

> @@ -117,7 +118,13 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count)
>  		off_t aoffset = (file_ptr + count) - file_end;
>  
>  		if (aoffset > file_append_size) {
> -			file_append = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
> +			p = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
> +			if (!p) {
> +				free(file_append);
> +				file_append = NULL;
> +			} else {
> +				file_append = p;
> +			}

You can simplify the above with:

			if (!p)
				free(file_append);

			file_append = p;

-- Steve

>  			file_append_size = aoffset;
>  		}
>  		if (!file_append) {