linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm/of_pmem: Add check and kfree for kstrdup

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:19:06 -0700
From:   Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        <dave.jiang@...el.com>, <oohall@...il.com>,
        <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
CC:     <nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm/of_pmem: Add check and kfree for kstrdup

Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 00:04:36 +0800, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > Ira Weiny wrote:
> >> Jiasheng Jiang wrote:

[snip]

> >> 
> >> Nice catch!
> >> 
> >> However, this free needs to happen in of_pmem_region_remove() as well.
> > 
> > Looks like the mail from my phone had html in it.  Sorry for that.
> > 
> > This would be better with devm_kstrdup() and then we don't have to worry
> > about the kfree at all.
> 
> Looks good.
> I have submitted a new patch "libnvdimm/of_pmem: Replace kstrdup with devm_kstrdup and add check".
> Since the titie has been modified, I did not submitted a v2.

Ah ok...  But looks like we will need a v3.  See the other email.

Thanks again for trying to fix this,
Ira