Re: [PATCH] cdc-acm: fix resource reclaim in error path of acm_probe

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Am Freitag, 28. Mai 2010 05:28:31 schrieb Axel Lin:
> This patch fixes resource reclaim in error path of acm_probe:
> 1. In the case of "out of memory (write urbs usb_alloc_urb)",
> usb_alloc_urb may fail in any iteration of the for loop.
> Current implementation does not properly free allocated snd->urb.

Yes.

> 2. In the case of device_create_file(&intf->dev,&dev_attr_iCountryCodeRelDate)
> fail, acm->country_codes is kfreed. As a result, device_remove_file for
> dev_attr_wCountryCodes will not be executed in acm_disconnect.

Yes.

> 3. This patch also improves the error handling by only reclaim successfully
> allocated resources instead of iterate over all entries in the for loop.

Please don't do that. Simplicity and correctness are the only goals designing
error handling.

	Regards
		Oliver
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