Re: [PATCH] to add support for certain Jeilin dual-mode cameras.

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Em Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:30:12 +0200
Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@xxxxxxx> escreveu:

> On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:25:29 +0400
> Alexey Klimov <klimov.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > +       buffer = kmalloc(JEILINJ_MAX_TRANSFER, GFP_KERNEL |
> > > GFP_DMA);
> > > +       if (!buffer) {
> > > +               PDEBUG(D_ERR, "Couldn't allocate USB buffer");
> > > +               goto quit_stream;
> > > +       }  
> > 
> > This clean up on error path looks bad. On quit_stream you have:
> > 
> > > +quit_stream:
> > > +       mutex_lock(&gspca_dev->usb_lock);
> > > +       if (gspca_dev->present)
> > > +               jlj_stop(gspca_dev);
> > > +       mutex_unlock(&gspca_dev->usb_lock);
> > > +       kfree(buffer);  
> > 
> > kfree() tries to free null buffer after kmalloc for buffer failed.
> > Please, check if i'm not wrong.
> 
> Hi Alexey,
> 
> AFAIK, kfree() checks the pointer.

Yeah. Theodore's code is ok. kfree(NULL) is legal.

> 
> Cheers.
> 




Cheers,
Mauro
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