Re: [PATCH] (for review and testing first) Implement dynamic allocated array for pnp port/io resources

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Wed Aug 15 2007 - 10:17:22 EST


Hi Thomas,

On 8/15/07, Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> +int pnp_port_alloc (struct pnp_resource_table *res)
> +{
> + int ret = 0, i;
> + if (res->allocated_ports == 0) {
> + res->port_resource = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource)
> + * PNP_ALLOC_PORTS,
> + GFP_KERNEL);

No need to use kmalloc() here. It's enough that you make sure
res->port_resource is NULL when res->allocated_ports is zero and
krealloc() will do the right thing.

On 8/15/07, Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> + if (!res->port_resource) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + } else {
> + res->port_resource = krealloc(res->port_resource,
> + (sizeof(struct resource)
> + * res->allocated_ports)
> + +
> + (sizeof(struct resource)
> + * PNP_ALLOC_PORTS),
> + GFP_KERNEL);

Assuming res->port_resource is non-NULL here and krealloc() fails,
you've leaked the originally allocated memory.

Pekka
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