Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: dsa: Use devm_ prefixed allocations

From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Sat Oct 03 2015 - 09:55:23 EST


On 10/03/2015 02:39 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2015-10-02 15:30, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>> On 10/02/2015 03:29 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>>> On 10/2/2015 1:48 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>>
>>>> To simplify and prevent memory leakage when unbinding, use
>>>> the devm_ memory allocation calls.
>>>>
>>>> Tested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>>>> Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> net/dsa/dsa.c | 6 +++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
>>>> index c59fa5d..98f94c2 100644
>>>> --- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
>>>> +++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
>>>> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int dsa_switch_setup_one(struct dsa_switch *ds, struct device *parent)
>>>> if (ret < 0)
>>>> goto out;
>>>>
>>>> - ds->slave_mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
>>>> + ds->slave_mii_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(parent);
>>>> if (ds->slave_mii_bus == NULL) {
>>>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>>>> goto out;
>>>> @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ dsa_switch_setup(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst, int index,
>>>> /*
>>>> * Allocate and initialise switch state.
>>>> */
>>>> - ds = kzalloc(sizeof(*ds) + drv->priv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> + ds = devm_kzalloc(parent, sizeof(*ds) + drv->priv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> if (ds == NULL)
>>>> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>>>
>>>> @@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static int dsa_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>> goto out;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - dst = kzalloc(sizeof(*dst), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> + dst = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dst), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> if (dst == NULL) {
>>>> dev_put(dev);
>>>> ret = -ENOMEM;
>>>>
>>>
>>> Shouldn't you remove the correspoding kfree(), etc. calls?
>>>
>>> MBR, Sergei
>>>
>> The corresponding kfree() calls were all missing.
> Not in the error handling path. mdiobus_alloc has a corresponding
> mdiobus_free in the same function.
> The ds kzalloc in dsa_switch_setup has a kfree in dsa_switch_setup_one.
>
> - Felix
>
Thanks Felix & Sergei,

I will repost based on net with an intermediate commit adding the missing kfree calls.

Neil
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