Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] scsi: free sgtables in case command setup fails

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 06:05:03PM +0900, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> In case scsi_setup_fs_cmnd() fails we're not freeing the sgtables
> allocated by scsi_init_io(), thus we leak the allocated memory.
> 
> So free the sgtables allocated by scsi_init_io() in case
> scsi_setup_fs_cmnd() fails.
> 
> Technically scsi_setup_scsi_cmnd() does not suffer from this problem, as
> it can only fail if scsi_init_io() fails, so it does not have sgtables
> allocated. But to maintain symmetry and as a measure of defensive
> programming, free the sgtables on scsi_setup_scsi_cmnd() failure as well.
> scsi_mq_free_sgtables() has safeguards against double-freeing of memory so
> this is safe to do.
> 
> While we're at it, rename scsi_mq_free_sgtables() to scsi_free_sgtables().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx>

I am not sure if the renaming should be part of this fix as it might
be something which should backported to stable.

Anyway, looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@xxxxxxx>



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