From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Error handling code following a kzalloc should free the allocated data. The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @r exists@ local idexpression x; statement S; expression E; identifier f,l; position p1,p2; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ ( if ((x@p1 = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...)) == NULL) S | x@p1 = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...); ... if (x == NULL) S ) <... when != x when != if (...) { <+...x...+> } x->f = E ...> ( return \(0\|<+...x...+>\|ptr\); | return@p2 ...; ) @script:python@ p1 << r.p1; p2 << r.p2; @@ print "* file: %s kmalloc %s return %s" % (p1[0].file,p1[0].line,p2[0].line) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 697eda3..d86e325 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ __tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int *ret) ring_buffer_read_finish(iter->buffer_iter[cpu]); } mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); + kfree(iter); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } -- 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
