Re: [PATCH 6/9] arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c: add missingkfree

From: Nishanth Aravamudan
Date: Mon Aug 08 2011 - 13:47:46 EST


On 08.08.2011 [13:18:00 +0200], Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
>
> At this point, window has not been stored anywhere, so it has to be freed
> before leaving the function.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @exists@
> local idexpression x;
> statement S,S1;
> expression E;
> identifier fl;
> expression *ptr != NULL;
> @@
>
> x = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...);
> ...
> if (x == NULL) S
> <... when != x
> when != if (...) { <+...kfree(x)...+> }
> when any
> when != true x == NULL
> x->fl
> ...>
> (
> if (x == NULL) S1
> |
> if (...) { ... when != x
> when forall
> (
> return \(0\|<+...x...+>\|ptr\);
> |
> * return ...;
> )
> }
> )
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Nish

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Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@xxxxxxxxxx>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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