Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers: Fix memory leaks in ttc_setup_clockevent and ttc_setup_clocksource

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Fri Dec 20 2019 - 00:10:22 EST


On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 06:09:21PM -0600, Navid Emamdoost wrote:
> In the implementation of ttc_setup_clockevent() and
> ttc_setup_clocksource(), the allocated memory for ttccs is leaked when
> clk_notifier_register() fails. Use goto to direct the execution into error
> handling path.

No, that memory was never leaked since that function did not return on
registration errors before your patch.

> Fixes: 70504f311d4b ("clocksource/drivers/cadence_ttc: Convert init function to return error")

Perhaps you meant to fix the actual leak that was added by this commit
in a different function, ttc_setup_clockevent(), when returning on
notifier-registration errors?

Also should the clock be left enabled on errors?

> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> index c6d11a1cb238..46d69982ad33 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-cadence-ttc.c
> @@ -328,10 +328,8 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clocksource(struct clk *clk, void __iomem *base,
> ttccs->ttc.clk = clk;
>
> err = clk_prepare_enable(ttccs->ttc.clk);
> - if (err) {
> - kfree(ttccs);
> - return err;
> - }
> + if (err)
> + goto release_ttcce;
>
> ttccs->ttc.freq = clk_get_rate(ttccs->ttc.clk);
>
> @@ -341,8 +339,10 @@ static int __init ttc_setup_clocksource(struct clk *clk, void __iomem *base,
>
> err = clk_notifier_register(ttccs->ttc.clk,
> &ttccs->ttc.clk_rate_change_nb);
> - if (err)
> + if (err) {
> pr_warn("Unable to register clock notifier.\n");
> + goto release_ttcce;
> + }

Johan