The patch titled drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: Adjust error handling code involving capi_ctr_put has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-isdn-capi-kcapic-adjust-error-handling-code-involving-capi_ctr_put.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: Adjust error handling code involving capi_ctr_put From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> After calling capi_ctr_get, error handling code should call capi_ctr_put. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @r@ expression x,E; statement S; position p1,p2,p3; @@ ( if ((x = capi_ctr_get@p1(...)) == NULL || ...) S | x = capi_ctr_get@p1(...) ... when != x if (x == NULL || ...) S ) <... if@p3 (...) { ... when != capi_ctr_put(x) when != if (x) { ... capi_ctr_put(x); ...} return@p2 ...; } ...> ( return x; | return 0; | x = E | E = x | capi_ctr_put(x) ) @exists@ position r.p1,r.p2,r.p3; expression x; int ret != 0; statement S; @@ * x = capi_ctr_get@p1(...) <... * if@p3 (...) S ...> * return@p2 \(NULL\|ret\); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@xxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c~drivers-isdn-capi-kcapic-adjust-error-handling-code-involving-capi_ctr_put drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c --- a/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c~drivers-isdn-capi-kcapic-adjust-error-handling-code-involving-capi_ctr_put +++ a/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c @@ -828,15 +828,18 @@ static int old_capi_manufacturer(unsigne return -ESRCH; if (card->load_firmware == NULL) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "kcapi: load: no load function\n"); + capi_ctr_put(card); return -ESRCH; } if (ldef.t4file.len <= 0) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "kcapi: load: invalid parameter: length of t4file is %d ?\n", ldef.t4file.len); + capi_ctr_put(card); return -EINVAL; } if (ldef.t4file.data == NULL) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "kcapi: load: invalid parameter: dataptr is 0\n"); + capi_ctr_put(card); return -EINVAL; } @@ -849,6 +852,7 @@ static int old_capi_manufacturer(unsigne if (card->cardstate != CARD_DETECTED) { printk(KERN_INFO "kcapi: load: contr=%d not in detect state\n", ldef.contr); + capi_ctr_put(card); return -EBUSY; } card->cardstate = CARD_LOADING; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from julia@xxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch drivers-isdn-capi-kcapic-adjust-error-handling-code-involving-capi_ctr_put.patch net-ieee80211-adjust-error-handling.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html