Re: [PATCH v4 01/12] nvdimm/pmem: Fix leak on dax_add_host() failure

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On Thu,  8 Feb 2024 13:49:02 -0500 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix a leak on dax_add_host() error, where "goto out_cleanup_dax" is done
> before setting pmem->dax_dev, which therefore issues the two following
> calls on NULL pointers:
> 
> out_cleanup_dax:
>         kill_dax(pmem->dax_dev);
>         put_dax(pmem->dax_dev);

Seems inappropriate that this fix is within this patch series?

otoh I assume dax_add_host() has never failed so it doesn't matter much.


The series seems useful but is at v4 without much sign of review
activity.  I think I'll take silence as assent and shall slam it all
into -next and see who shouts at me.





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