Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: prevent memory leak in nvm_bb_chunk_sense

[Javier GonzÃlez]

> On 30 Sep 2019, at 04.34, Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> In nvm_bb_chunk_sense alloc_page allocates memory which is released at
> the end of the function. But if nvm_submit_io_sync_raw fails the error
> check skips the release and leaks the allocated page. To fix this issue
> I moved the __free_page call before error check.
> 
> Fixes: aff3fb18f957 ("lightnvm: move bad block and chunk state logic to core")
> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> index 7543e395a2c6..5fdae518f6c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> @@ -849,11 +849,12 @@ static int nvm_bb_chunk_sense(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa)
> 	rqd.ppa_addr = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
> 
> 	ret = nvm_submit_io_sync_raw(dev, &rqd);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> 
> 	__free_page(page);
> 
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> 	return rqd.error;
> }
> 
> --
> 2.17.1

Youâre right, there is a leak here. Fix looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Javier GonzÃlez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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