Re: [PATCH RESEND] char:ipmi: Free ipmi_recv_msg messages from the linked list,recv_msgs for the function,ipmi_release in the file,ipmi_devintf.c

From: Corey Minyard
Date: Thu Jan 22 2015 - 08:05:41 EST


Patch is queued for 3.20. Thanks.

-corey

On 01/19/2015 09:14 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This adds a loop through the elements in the linked list, recv_msgs using
> list_for_entry_safe in order to free messages in this list. In addition
> we are using the safe version of this marco in order to prevent use after
> bugs related to deleting the element we are on currently by holding a
> pointer to the next element after the current one we are on and freeing
> with the function, ipmi_free_recv_msg internally in this loop.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
> index ec318bf..d2af38a 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
> @@ -157,14 +157,15 @@ static int ipmi_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> struct ipmi_file_private *priv = file->private_data;
> int rv;
> + struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg, *next;
>
> rv = ipmi_destroy_user(priv->user);
> if (rv)
> return rv;
>
> - /* FIXME - free the messages in the list. */
> - kfree(priv);
> -
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(msg, next, &priv->recv_msgs, link) {
> + ipmi_free_recv_msg(msg);
> + }
> return 0;
> }
>

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