Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch: Reorder to use before freeing a pointer

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On 3/23/22 8:53 AM, Petr Mladek wrote:
On Sat 2022-03-19 18:51:43, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Clang static analysis reports this issue
livepatch-shadow-fix1.c:113:2: warning: Use of
   memory after it is freed
   pr_info("%s: dummy @ %p, prevented leak @ %p\n",
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The pointer is freed in the previous statement.
Reorder the pr_info to report before the free.

Similar issue in livepatch-shadow-fix2.c
I have added the following paragraph:

<snip>
Note that it is a false positive. pr_info() just prints the address.
The freed memory is not accessed. Well, the static analyzer could not
know this easily.
</snip>

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
and pushed the patch into livepatching/livepatching.git,
branch for-5.18/selftests-fixes.

IMHO, the patch is so trivial and can be added even in this merge
window. There is no need to create more dances around it ;-)

Let me know if you disagree. I am going to send the pull request
on Friday or Monday.

Do whatever is easier for you.  The addition to the commit log is fine.

Thanks

Tom


Best Regards,
Petr





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