Re: [PATCH v5] gpio: sim: fix an invalid __free() usage

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 9:32 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> gpio_sim_make_line_names() returns NULL or ERR_PTR() so we must not use
> __free(kfree) on the returned address. Split this function into two, one
> that determines the size of the "gpio-line-names" array to allocate and
> one that actually sets the names at correct offsets. The allocation and
> assignment of the managed pointer happens in between.
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> Fixes: 3faf89f27aab ("gpio: sim: simplify code with cleanup helpers")
> Reported-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/07c32bf1-6c1a-49d9-b97d-f0ae4a2b42ab@p183/
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hopefully this is the last version of this patch. I restored the max()
> assignment from v3 but kept the code simpler than v2. Tested most corner
> cases that occurred to me.
>

Patch queued for fixes.

Bartosz