Re: [PATCH] USB: dynamically allocate usb_device children pointers instead of using a fix array

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On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:00:19 +0100, Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Non-hub device has no child, and even a real USB hub has ports far
> > less than USB_MAXCHILDREN, so there is no need using a fix array for
> > child devices, just allocate it dynamically according real port
> > number.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/core/hub.c |   10 +++++++---
> >  include/linux/usb.h    |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > index 72c51cd..28664eb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > @@ -1047,8 +1047,10 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub,
> >  	dev_info (hub_dev, "%d port%s detected\n", hdev->maxchild,
> >  		(hdev->maxchild == 1) ? "" : "s");
> >
> > +	hdev->children = kzalloc(hdev->maxchild *
> > +				sizeof(struct usb_device *), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> kcalloc()
> 
> >  	hub->port_owners = kzalloc(hdev->maxchild * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	if (!hub->port_owners) {
> > +	if (!hdev->children || !hub->port_owners) {
> 
> Memory leak if hdev->children != NULL.  Just add:
> 
> 		kfree(hdev->children);
> 
> if you don't want to add another “if” or a label.

No, this is correct as it stands.  There is no memory leak.

Alan Stern

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