This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fbdev: sh7760fb: Fix a possible memory leak in sh7760fb_alloc_mem()
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
fbdev-sh7760fb-fix-a-possible-memory-leak-in-sh7760f.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit fdb8da82c7fecc89a3612008bb4f059b98a8d03f
Author: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Oct 26 11:56:34 2024 +0800
fbdev: sh7760fb: Fix a possible memory leak in sh7760fb_alloc_mem()
[ Upstream commit f89d17ae2ac42931be2a0153fecbf8533280c927 ]
When information such as info->screen_base is not ready, calling
sh7760fb_free_mem() does not release memory correctly. Call
dma_free_coherent() instead.
Fixes: 4a25e41831ee ("video: sh7760fb: SH7760/SH7763 LCDC framebuffer driver")
Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c
index 6adf048c1bae8..62e28d315d815 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c
@@ -409,12 +409,11 @@ static int sh7760fb_alloc_mem(struct fb_info *info)
vram = PAGE_SIZE;
fbmem = dma_alloc_coherent(info->device, vram, &par->fbdma, GFP_KERNEL);
-
if (!fbmem)
return -ENOMEM;
if ((par->fbdma & SH7760FB_DMA_MASK) != SH7760FB_DMA_MASK) {
- sh7760fb_free_mem(info);
+ dma_free_coherent(info->device, vram, fbmem, par->fbdma);
dev_err(info->device, "kernel gave me memory at 0x%08lx, which is"
"unusable for the LCDC\n", (unsigned long)par->fbdma);
return -ENOMEM;
