Re: [PATCH v2] iio: imu: adis16400: release allocated memory on failure

From: Ardelean, Alexandru
Date: Fri Sep 20 2019 - 02:47:07 EST


On Thu, 2019-09-19 at 10:50 -0500, Navid Emamdoost wrote:
> In adis_update_scan_mode, if allocation for adis->buffer fails,
> previously allocated adis->xfer needs to be released.
>
> v2: added adis->xfer = NULL to avoid any potential double free.

Reviewed-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
> b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
> index 9ac8356d9a95..f446ff497809 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
> @@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ int adis_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> adis->buffer = kcalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, 2, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!adis->buffer)
> + if (!adis->buffer) {
> + kfree(adis->xfer);
> + adis->xfer = NULL;
> return -ENOMEM;
> + }
>
> rx = adis->buffer;
> tx = rx + scan_count;