From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Currently, error handling code in this function calls the function sata_dwc_port_stop, but this function has essentially no effect if hsdevp has not been stored in ap, which is the case throughout this function. The only effect is to print a debugging message including ap->print_id. The code is rewritten to not call sata_dwc_port_stop, but instead to jump to a local label that prints the original error message and the print_id information. In the case where hsdevp has been already allocated (but not yet stored in ap), this value is freed as well. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @exists@ local idexpression x; statement S,S1; expression E; identifier fl; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ x = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...); ... if (x == NULL) S <... when != x when != if (...) { <+...kfree(x)...+> } when any when != true x == NULL x->fl ...> ( if (x == NULL) S1 | if (...) { ... when != x when forall ( return \(0\|<+...x...+>\|ptr\); | * return ...; ) } ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c index 0a9a774..5c42374 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c @@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static int sata_dwc_port_start(struct ata_port *ap) dev_err(ap->dev, "%s: dma_alloc_coherent failed\n", __func__); err = -ENOMEM; - goto CLEANUP; + goto CLEANUP_ALLOC; } } @@ -1349,15 +1349,13 @@ static int sata_dwc_port_start(struct ata_port *ap) /* Clear any error bits before libata starts issuing commands */ clear_serror(); ap->private_data = hsdevp; + dev_dbg(ap->dev, "%s: done\n", __func__); + return 0; +CLEANUP_ALLOC: + kfree(hsdevp); CLEANUP: - if (err) { - sata_dwc_port_stop(ap); - dev_dbg(ap->dev, "%s: fail\n", __func__); - } else { - dev_dbg(ap->dev, "%s: done\n", __func__); - } - + dev_dbg(ap->dev, "%s: fail. ap->id = %d\n", __func__, ap->print_id); return err; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html