Re: [PATCH v2] clocksource/drivers: Fix memory leak in ttc_setup_clockevent

From: Michal Simek
Date: Wed Oct 23 2019 - 03:33:59 EST


On 23. 10. 19 6:31, Navid Emamdoost wrote:
> In the implementation of ttc_setup_clockevent() release the allocated
> memory for ttcce if clk_notifier_register() fails.
>
> Fixes: 70504f311d4b ("clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: Convert init function to return error")
> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Added goto label for error handling
> - Update description and fix typo
>
> drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> index 88fe2e9ba9a3..0caacbc67102 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> @@ -411,10 +411,8 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk,
> ttcce->ttc.clk = clk;
>
> err = clk_prepare_enable(ttcce->ttc.clk);
> - if (err) {
> - kfree(ttcce);
> - return err;
> - }
> + if (err)
> + goto release_ttcce;
>
> ttcce->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb.notifier_call =
> ttc_rate_change_clockevent_cb;
> @@ -424,7 +422,7 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk,
> &ttcce->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb);
> if (err) {
> pr_warn("Unable to register clock notifier.\n");
> - return err;
> + goto release_ttcce;
> }
>
> ttcce->ttc.freq = clk_get_rate(ttcce->ttc.clk);
> @@ -453,15 +451,18 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clockevent(struct clk *clk,
>
> err = request_irq(irq, ttc_clock_event_interrupt,
> IRQF_TIMER, ttcce->ce.name, ttcce);
> - if (err) {
> - kfree(ttcce);
> - return err;
> - }
> + if (err)
> + goto release_ttcce;
>
> clockevents_config_and_register(&ttcce->ce,
> ttcce->ttc.freq / PRESCALE, 1, 0xfffe);
>
> return 0;
> +
> +release_ttcce:
> +
> + kfree(ttcce);
> + return err;
> }
>
> /**
>

Acked-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Michal