Re: [RFC v2 2/5] vfio-ccw: Fix memory leak and don't call cp_free in cp_init

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On Mon,  8 Jul 2019 16:10:35 -0400
Farhan Ali <alifm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We don't set cp->initialized to true so calling cp_free
> will just return and not do anything.
> 
> Also fix a memory leak where we fail to free a ccwchain
> on an error.
> 
> Fixes: 812271b910 ("s390/cio: Squash cp_free() and cp_unpin_free()")
> Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(...)

> @@ -642,8 +647,6 @@ int cp_init(struct channel_program *cp, struct device *mdev, union orb *orb)
>  
>  	/* Build a ccwchain for the first CCW segment */
>  	ret = ccwchain_handle_ccw(orb->cmd.cpa, cp);
> -	if (ret)
> -		cp_free(cp);

Now that I look again: it's a bit odd that we set the bit in all cases,
even if we have an error. We could move that into the !ret branch that
sets ->initialized; but it does not really hurt.

>  
>  	/* It is safe to force: if it was not set but idals used
>  	 * ccwchain_calc_length would have returned an error.

The rest of the patch looks good to me.



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