Re: [PATCH] convert-dtsv0-lexer.l: fix memory leak

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:35:50AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubois wrote:
> CID 132822 (#1 of 1): Resource leak (RESOURCE_LEAK)
> 9. leaked_storage: Variable newname going out of scope leaks the storage it points to
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  convert-dtsv0-lexer.l | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/convert-dtsv0-lexer.l b/convert-dtsv0-lexer.l
> index 259e527..8d8289b 100644
> --- a/convert-dtsv0-lexer.l
> +++ b/convert-dtsv0-lexer.l
> @@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ static void convert_file(const char *fname)
>  	char *newname;
>  
>  	newname = xmalloc(len + sizeof(suffix));
> +
> +	if (!newname) {
> +		die("failed to allocate memory for input file %s: %s\n",
> +		    fname, strerror(errno));
> +	}
> +

This hunk is unnecessary.  xmalloc() already die()s rather than failing.

>  	memcpy(newname, fname, len);
>  	memcpy(newname + len, suffix, sizeof(suffix));
>  
> @@ -223,6 +229,8 @@ static void convert_file(const char *fname)
>  
>  	while(yylex())
>  		;
> +
> +	free(newname);
>  }
>  
>  int main(int argc, char *argv[])

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