On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:18 AM, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > At this point, ehv_pic has been allocated but not stored anywhere, so it > should 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/sysdev/ehv_pic.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) applied to next - k -- 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
