Re: [PATCH 2/4] scsi: core: fix failure handling of scsi_add_host_with_dma

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On 6/2/21 3:30 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> When scsi_add_host_with_dma() return failure, the caller will call
> scsi_host_put(shost) to release everything allocated for this host
> instance. So we can't free allocated stuff in scsi_add_host_with_dma(),
> otherwise double free will be caused.
> 
> Strictly speaking, these host resources allocation should have been
> moved to scsi_host_alloc(), but the allocation may need driver's
> info which can be built between calling scsi_host_alloc() and
> scsi_add_host(), so just keep the allocations in
> scsi_add_host_with_dma().
> 
> Fixes the problem by relying on host device's release handler to
> release everything.
> 
> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 14 ++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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