RE: Coverity CID 134632: acpi_hw_build_pci_list() memory leak

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Anyway, we'll change it to do things properly.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moore, Robert
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:04 AM
> To: 'Bjorn Helgaas'; Zheng, Lv; Wysocki, Rafael J; Box, David E
> Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Coverity CID 134632: acpi_hw_build_pci_list() memory leak
> 
> On second thought, did you notice that the caller always deletes the list,
> regardless of the return status?
> 
>     /* Build a list of PCI devices, from PciRegion up to RootPciDevice */
> 
>     Status = AcpiHwBuildPciList (RootPciDevice, PciRegion, &ListHead);
>     if (ACPI_SUCCESS (Status))
>     {
>         /* Walk the list, updating the PCI device/function/bus numbers */
> 
>         Status = AcpiHwProcessPciList (PciId, ListHead);
>     }
> 
>     /* Always delete the list */
> 
>     AcpiHwDeletePciList (ListHead);
>     return_ACPI_STATUS (Status);
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 9:22 AM
> > To: Moore, Robert; Zheng, Lv; Wysocki, Rafael J
> > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Coverity CID 134632: acpi_hw_build_pci_list() memory leak
> >
> > Coverity complains that acpi_hw_build_pci_list() leaks memory when it
> > returns here:
> >
> > 201                if (!list_element) {
> >
> > CID 134632 (#1 of 2): Resource leak (RESOURCE_LEAK) 13. leaked_storage:
> > Variable list_head going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.
> > 202                        return (AE_NO_MEMORY);
> > 203                }
> >
> > We're building up a list, and if we fail to allocate another element,
> > we return failure without deallocating the already built-up list.
> >
> > This is CID 134632.
> >
> > Bjorn
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