On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 03:56:22PM +0100, John Garry wrote: > On 08/08/2017 12:37, Pan Bian wrote: > >Return value of scsi_host_alloc() should be released with > >scsi_host_put() rather than kfree(). > > > >Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> > > We also have a kfree(shost) in newly added pci-based v3 driver which > would need replacing for consistency. > > But, apart from that, we seem to have a pre-existing issue in > hisi_sas_shost_alloc_pci(), which is missing the shost clean-up for > error path. > > Let me know if you want me to take over this patch and fix up the > other places. Yes, of course. > > John > Thank you, Pan Bian > >--- > > drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c | 6 +++--- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > >diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c > >index 4022c3f..22d8922 100644 > >--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c > >+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c > >@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static struct Scsi_Host *hisi_sas_shost_alloc(struct platform_device *pdev, > > > > return shost; > > err_out: > >- kfree(shost); > >+ scsi_host_put(shost); > > dev_err(dev, "shost alloc failed\n"); > > return NULL; > > } > >@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ int hisi_sas_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, > > scsi_remove_host(shost); > > err_out_ha: > > hisi_sas_free(hisi_hba); > >- kfree(shost); > >+ scsi_host_put(shost); > > return rc; > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hisi_sas_probe); > >@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ int hisi_sas_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > > sas_remove_host(sha->core.shost); > > > > hisi_sas_free(hisi_hba); > >- kfree(shost); > >+ scsi_host_put(shost); > > return 0; > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hisi_sas_remove); > > > >