Re: [PATCH] objtool: orc_gen: Fix memory leak in create_orc_entry

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Mon Apr 27 2020 - 10:44:47 EST


On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 08:35:33AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> In case memory resources for rela were allocated, release them before
> return.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462331 ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: e81e07244325 ("objtool: Support Clang non-section symbols in ORC generation")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Gustavo,

For performance reasons, our policy is to allow memory leaks in error
and exit paths. So you may want to turn off Coverity resource leak
checking for objtool.

--
Josh