From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> At this point, window has not been stored anywhere, so it has to be freed before leaving the function. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @exists@ local idexpression x; statement S,S1; expression E; identifier fl; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ x = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...); ... if (x == NULL) S <... when != x when != if (...) { <+...kfree(x)...+> } when any when != true x == NULL x->fl ...> ( if (x == NULL) S1 | if (...) { ... when != x when forall ( return \(0\|<+...x...+>\|ptr\); | * return ...; ) } ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c index 2b20b05..6351af8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c @@ -940,14 +940,14 @@ static u64 enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn) if (ret) { dev_info(&dev->dev, "failed to map direct window for %s: %d\n", dn->full_name, ret); - goto out_clear_window; + goto out_free_window; } ret = prom_add_property(pdn, win64); if (ret) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "unable to add dma window property for %s: %d", pdn->full_name, ret); - goto out_clear_window; + goto out_free_window; } window->device = pdn; @@ -959,6 +959,9 @@ static u64 enable_ddw(struct pci_dev *dev, struct device_node *pdn) dma_addr = of_read_number(&create.addr_hi, 2); goto out_unlock; +out_free_window: + kfree(window); + out_clear_window: remove_ddw(pdn); -- 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