Re: [PATCH 5/6] [media] go7007: Use common error handling code in go7007_snd_init()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Sep 19 2017 - 04:49:38 EST


On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 03:58:37PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c
> index 68e421bf38e1..7ae4d03ed3f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c
> @@ -243,22 +243,18 @@ int go7007_snd_init(struct go7007 *go)
> gosnd->capturing = 0;
> ret = snd_card_new(go->dev, index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0,
> &gosnd->card);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - kfree(gosnd);
> - return ret;
> - }
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto free_snd;
> +
> ret = snd_device_new(gosnd->card, SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, go,
> &go7007_snd_device_ops);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - kfree(gosnd);
> - return ret;
> - }
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto free_snd;
> +


I think the original code is buggy. It should probably call
snd_card_free() if snd_device_new() fails.

regards,
dan carpenter