Re: [PATCH 1/4] Drivers: hv: utils: fix memory leak on on_msg() failure

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Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:32:13PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> @@ -85,10 +86,10 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>>  		return PTR_ERR(inmsg);
>>  
>>  	if (hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count))
>> -		return -EFAULT;
>> +		ret = -EFAULT;
>
> You fix this leak and then re-introduce it again directly in patch
> 3/4.

Such a shame ... Thanks for noticing!

> Also it might be nice to preserve the error code.
>
> 	ret = hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count);
>
> 	kfree(inmsg);
>
> 	return ret ? ret : count;

It seems on_msg() hooks can only return -EINVAL now but why not
... let's do it in v2.

-- 
  Vitaly
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