Re: [PATCH -next] pinctrl: sunxi: fix 'pctrl->functions' allocation in sunxi_pinctrl_build_state

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Fri Sep 21 2018 - 09:43:47 EST


On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:59:41AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> fixes following Smatch static check warning:
>
> ./drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c:1112 sunxi_pinctrl_build_state()
> warn: passing devm_ allocated variable to kfree. 'pctrl->functions'
>
> As we will be calling krealloc() on pointer 'pctrl->functions', which means
> kfree() will be called in there, devm_kzalloc() shouldn't be used with
> the allocation in the first place. Fix the warning by calling kcalloc()
> and managing the free procedure in error path on our own.
>
> Fixes: 0e37f88d9ad8 ("ARM: sunxi: Add pinctrl driver for Allwinner SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Maxime

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