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,f1,l; position p1,p2; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ x@p1 = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...); ... if (x == NULL) S <... when != x when != if (...) { <+...x...+> } ( x->f1 = E | (x->f1 == NULL || ...) | f(...,x->f1,...) ) ...> ( 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> --- drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c b/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c index 2eb9dc2..0d17ce5 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-video.c @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int hdpvr_alloc_buffers(struct hdpvr_device *dev, uint count) buf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hdpvr_buffer), GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) { v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "cannot allocate buffer\n"); - goto exit; + goto exit_nobuf; } buf->dev = dev; @@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ int hdpvr_alloc_buffers(struct hdpvr_device *dev, uint count) } return 0; exit: + kfree(buf); +exit_nobuf: hdpvr_free_buffers(dev); return retval; } -- 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
