On Mon, 2016-02-15 at 21:50 -0500, Insu Yun wrote: > the failure of ioc->reset_work_q is checked, > but not ioc->fw_event_q. > > Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c > index 5dcc031..d4907a1 100644 > --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c > +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c > @@ -1996,6 +1996,13 @@ mpt_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) > snprintf(ioc->fw_event_q_name, MPT_KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "mpt/%d", ioc->id); > ioc->fw_event_q = create_singlethread_workqueue(ioc->fw_event_q_name); > > + if (!ioc->fw_event_q) { > + destroy_workqueue(ioc->reset_work_q); > + pci_release_selected_regions(pdev, ioc->bars); > + kfree(ioc); > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > + > if ((r = mpt_do_ioc_recovery(ioc, MPT_HOSTEVENT_IOC_BRINGUP, > CAN_SLEEP)) != 0){ > printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT "didn't initialize properly! (%d)\n", This does not look correct to me. The error path for the call to mpt_do_ioc_recovery() after create_singlethread_workqueue() for ioc->fw_event_q does other cleanup, including: list_del(&ioc->list); if (ioc->alt_ioc) ioc->alt_ioc->alt_ioc = NULL; iounmap(ioc->memmap); and kfree(ioc); pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL); Here I think you are kfree()ing ioc while it is still on the &ioc_list, which will cause a crash. Note to Avago: this code could use a symbolic return code identifier: if (r != -5) pci_release_selected_regions(pdev, ioc->bars); In general, with sequential allocation of resources like this, error handling can be performed using a series of goto's to labels at the end of the function that release the resources in reverse order. This avoids the duplication of code within the function, and reduces the chance for errors when the function is later modified. See init_sd in drivers/scsi/sd.c for an example. Reviewed-by: Ewan D. Milne <emilne@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html