Though there is no error if we free a NULL pointer, I think we could avoid this behaviour. Change the code a little in kimage_crash_alloc() could avoid this kind of unnecessary free. Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com> --- kernel/kexec.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index 5e4bd78..4e96fa7 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int kimage_crash_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, mend = mstart + image->segment[i].memsz - 1; /* Ensure we are within the crash kernel limits */ if ((mstart < crashk_res.start) || (mend > crashk_res.end)) - goto out; + goto out_free; } /* @@ -323,16 +323,15 @@ static int kimage_crash_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, get_order(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE)); if (!image->control_code_page) { printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate control_code_buffer\n"); - goto out; + goto out_free; } - result = 0; -out: - if (result == 0) - *rimage = image; - else - kfree(image); + *rimage = image; + return 0; +out_free: + kfree(image); +out: return result; } -- 1.7.1