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

From: Michal Simek
Date: Fri Dec 20 2019 - 03:38:09 EST


On 20. 12. 19 6:10, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 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;
>> + }
>

+ this is IMHO v3 version. It means just label it properly and also keep
changes log.

Thanks,
Michal