Re: [PATCH v2] kernel: audit_tree: resource management: need put_treeand goto Err when failure occures

From: Chen Gang F T
Date: Wed Apr 17 2013 - 21:20:32 EST


On 2013å04æ18æ 04:07, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:04:02 +0800 Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > since "normally audit_add_tree_rule() will free it on failure",
>> > need free it completely, when failure occures.
>> >
>> > need additional put_tree before return, since get_tree was called.
>> > always need goto error processing area for list_del_init.
> Isn't that get_tree() in audit_add_tree_rule() simply unneeded? In
> other words, is this patch correct:
>

excuse me:
I am not quite familiar with it, and also have to do another things.
so I have to spend additional time resource to make sure about it.

is it ok ?
I should make sure about it within this week (2013-04-21)
I should finish related test (if need), within next week (2013-4-28)

if have additional suggestions or completions, please reply.
(if no reply, I will follow the time point above)

thanks.

gchen.


> --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c~a
> +++ a/kernel/audit_tree.c
> @@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ int audit_add_tree_rule(struct audit_kru
> goto Err;
> }
>
> - get_tree(tree);
> err = iterate_mounts(tag_mount, tree, mnt);
> drop_collected_mounts(mnt);
>
> @@ -703,7 +702,6 @@ int audit_add_tree_rule(struct audit_kru
> return -ENOENT;
> }
> rule->tree = tree;
> - put_tree(tree);
>
> return 0;
> Err:
> _
>
>
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