Add a fix for the memory leak bugs that can occur when the
saa7164_encoder_register() function fails.
The function allocates memory without explicitly freeing
it when errors occur.
Add a better error handling that deallocate the unused buffers before the
function exits during a fail.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Niv <danielniv3@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c
index 11e1eb6a6809..1d1d32e043f1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-encoder.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ int saa7164_encoder_register(struct saa7164_port *port)
printk(KERN_ERR "%s() failed (errno = %d), NO PCI configuration\n",
__func__, result);
result = -ENOMEM;
- goto failed;
+ goto fail_pci;
}
/* Establish encoder defaults here */
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ int saa7164_encoder_register(struct saa7164_port *port)
100000, ENCODER_DEF_BITRATE);
if (hdl->error) {
result = hdl->error;
- goto failed;
+ goto fail_hdl;
}
port->std = V4L2_STD_NTSC_M;
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ int saa7164_encoder_register(struct saa7164_port *port)
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: can't allocate mpeg device\n",
dev->name);
result = -ENOMEM;
- goto failed;
+ goto fail_hdl;
}
port->v4l_device->ctrl_handler = hdl;
@@ -1091,10 +1091,7 @@ int saa7164_encoder_register(struct saa7164_port *port)
if (result < 0) {
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: can't register mpeg device\n",
dev->name);
- /* TODO: We're going to leak here if we don't dealloc
- The buffers above. The unreg function can't deal wit it.
- */
- goto failed;
+ goto fail_reg;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: registered device video%d [mpeg]\n",
@@ -1116,9 +1113,14 @@ int saa7164_encoder_register(struct saa7164_port *port)
saa7164_api_set_encoder(port);
saa7164_api_get_encoder(port);
+ return 0;
- result = 0;
-failed:
+fail_reg:
+ video_device_release(port->v4l_device);
+ port->v4l_device = NULL;
+fail_hdl:
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
+fail_pci:
return result;
}
--
2.25.1
