From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Video_device_alloc returns the result of a kzalloc. In this case, the value is stored in a local variable which is not copied elsewhere before the point of the error return (video_register_device does not save its first argument anywhere if it returns a negative value). Thus, a video_device_release it needed before the error return. The problem was found using the following semantic match. (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type T,T1,T2; identifier E; statement S; expression x1,x2,x3; int ret; @@ T E; ... * E = video_device_alloc(...); if (E == NULL) S ... when != video_device_release(...,(T1)E,...) when != if (E != NULL) { ... video_device_release(...,(T1)E,...); ...} when != x1 = (T1)E when != E = x3; when any if (...) { ... when != video_device_release(...,(T2)E,...) when != if (E != NULL) { ... video_device_release(...,(T2)E,...); ...} when != x2 = (T2)E ( * return; | * return ret; ) } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c --- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c 2007-10-22 11:25:10.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c 2008-01-01 14:20:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ int saa7146_register_device(struct video // fixme: -1 should be an insmod parameter *for the extension* (like "video_nr"); if (video_register_device(vfd, type, -1) < 0) { ERR(("cannot register v4l2 device. skipping.\n")); + video_device_release(vfd); return -1; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
