Re: [PATCH] ALSA: control led: fix memory leak in snd_ctl_led_register

[Dongliang Mu]

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 7:07 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've also created a Smatch check for missing ->release() functions.  It
> find one bug in that file.  There are other bugs, but the static checker
> is not clever enough to find them.  I expect Smatch will get smarter
> about this in the coming year.
>
> sound/core/control_led.c:685 snd_ctl_led_sysfs_add() warn: calling put_device() with no ->release() function
>
> So, yeay, I feel like this thread has been useful and I now understand
> put_device() a little better.  Please review the email thread again and
> send a v2 patch.  :)

Sure. No problem. I will send a v2 patch after reading the whole thread again.

>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
> /*
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>
> #include "smatch.h"
> #include "smatch_extra.h"
>
> static int my_id;
>
> static void match_put_device(struct expression *expr, const char *name, struct symbol *sym, void *data)
> {
>         struct smatch_state *state;
>
>         state = get_state(SMATCH_EXTRA, name, sym);
>         if (!state ||
>             estate_min(state).value != 0 ||
>             estate_max(state).value != 0)
>                 return;
>
>         sm_warning("calling put_device() with no ->release() function");
> }
>
> void check_no_release(int id)
> {
>         my_id = id;
>
>         if (option_project != PROJ_KERNEL)
>                 return;
>
>         add_function_param_key_hook("put_device", &match_put_device, 0, "$->release", NULL);
>         add_function_param_key_hook("device_unregister", &match_put_device, 0, "$->release", NULL);
> }
>