linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 05/19] ACPI: processor: Fix memory leaks in error paths of processor

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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 20:19:23 +1000
From: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, x86@...nel.org, Russell King
 <linux@...linux.org.uk>, "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
 Miguel Luis <miguel.luis@...cle.com>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
 Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
 Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, linuxarm@...wei.com,
 justin.he@....com, jianyong.wu@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 05/19] ACPI: processor: Fix memory leaks in error paths
 of processor_add()

On 5/1/24 00:24, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> If acpi_processor_get_info() returned an error, pr and the associated
> pr->throttling.shared_cpu_map were leaked.
> 
> The unwind code was in the wrong order wrt to setup, relying on
> some unwind actions having no affect (clearing variables that were
> never set etc).  That makes it harder to reason about so reorder
> and add appropriate labels to only undo what was actually set up
> in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> 
> ---
> v9: New patch in response to Gavin noticing a memory leak later in the
>      series.
> ---
>   drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>