do_config_file() should exit with an error code, and not return if it fails as then the error in do_config_file() would go unnoticed in the current code and allow the build to continue. The exit with error code will make the build fail in those very exceptional cases. If this occurs, this actually indicates a deeper problem in the execution of the kernel build process. Now, that the function exists, we do not explicitly free memory and close the file handlers in do_config_file(), as this is covered by exit(). This issue in the fixdep script was present already before its initial import into the git repository in 2005 (Linux-2.6.12-rc2). Hence, the Fixes tag would be imprecise and we do not include a Fixes tag to this commit. This issue was identified during the review of a previous patch that intended to address a memory leak detected by a static analysis tool. Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/14/736 Suggested-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@xxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> --- compile tested on top of next-20171220 with clang and gcc scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c index bbf62cb..4274610 100644 --- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c +++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c @@ -284,19 +284,18 @@ static void do_config_file(const char *filename) exit(2); } if (st.st_size == 0) { - close(fd); - return; + fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error empty file config file: "); + perror(filename); + exit(2); } map = malloc(st.st_size + 1); if (!map) { perror("fixdep: malloc"); - close(fd); - return; + exit(2); } if (read(fd, map, st.st_size) != st.st_size) { perror("fixdep: read"); - close(fd); - return; + exit(2); } map[st.st_size] = '\0'; close(fd); -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
