free_list() must be called before returning from this for-loop. Swap 'break' and the combination of free_list() and 'return'. This reduces the code and minimizes the risk of introducing memory leaks in future changes. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c index 5a90acd693f4..41d6cfce0088 100644 --- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c +++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct symbol *__add_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type type, continue; if (is_reference) { - /* fall through */ ; + break; } else if (sym->type == type && equal_list(sym->defn, defn)) { if (!sym->is_declared && sym->is_override) { print_location(); @@ -239,25 +239,21 @@ static struct symbol *__add_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type type, fprintf(stderr, " modversion is unchanged\n"); } sym->is_declared = 1; - free_list(defn, NULL); - return sym; } else if (sym->is_declared) { error_with_pos("redefinition of %s", name); - free_list(defn, NULL); - return sym; } else if (sym->is_override && flag_preserve) { print_location(); fprintf(stderr, "ignoring "); print_type_name(type, name); fprintf(stderr, " modversion change\n"); sym->is_declared = 1; - free_list(defn, NULL); - return sym; } else { status = is_unknown_symbol(sym) ? STATUS_DEFINED : STATUS_MODIFIED; + break; } - break; + free_list(defn, NULL); + return sym; } if (sym) { -- 2.43.0