[PATCH v3] firmware: Fix memory leak in error path

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Eliminate a memory leak by unifying the error handling code
at the end of the function.

Signed-off-by: Firo Yang <firogm@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 8c3aa3c..5bb098b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 	const char *name, struct device *device, gfp_t gfp, void *context,
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context))
 {
+	int rc;
 	struct firmware_work *fw_work;
 
 	fw_work = kzalloc(sizeof(struct firmware_work), gfp);
@@ -1307,8 +1308,11 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 
 	fw_work->module = module;
 	fw_work->name = kstrdup_const(name, gfp);
-	if (!fw_work->name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!fw_work->name) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_work;
+	}
+
 	fw_work->device = device;
 	fw_work->context = context;
 	fw_work->cont = cont;
@@ -1316,15 +1320,20 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 		(uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : FW_OPT_USERHELPER);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(module)) {
-		kfree_const(fw_work->name);
-		kfree(fw_work);
-		return -EFAULT;
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto free_name;
 	}
 
 	get_device(fw_work->device);
 	INIT_WORK(&fw_work->work, request_firmware_work_func);
 	schedule_work(&fw_work->work);
 	return 0;
+
+free_name:
+	kfree_const(fw_work->name);
+free_work:
+	kfree(fw_work);
+	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
 
-- 
2.4.2

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